Cookout, 2.0

"Cookout brings so many joys I experienced as a child out of slumber. From cakewalks, to BBQs, to your end-of-year cookout, I am grateful that authors created a reality that hasn't existed for many of us in a long time. I am thankful that each of the writers included in this issue dared to step beyond reality and dream; past the bleakness or trauma, many of us have come to know.

Cookout is representative of the many ways we can continue preserving our community-a reminder that we will, one day, be able to come together again."

- NaBeela Washington, Editor-in-Chief