Junior’s Editorial vision
Committed equally to elevating the written word and the artist's spirit, Junior’s editorial practice captures their ethos of community care, artist nourishment, and literary curiosity.
The Massachusetts Review—On Incarceration and Families issue
Junior co-guest edited the Massachusetts Review’s forthcoming special issue On Incarceration and Families, which seeks to extend the definition of families and broaden the portrait of lives impacted by the criminal legal system. Featured writers include Eric Boyd, Jodi Savage, Zobella Vinik, and Sheree Greer.
The Massachusetts Review—Women: 50-year anniversary Issue
Junior co-guest edited the Massachusetts Review’s special issue, WOMAN: Revisited, centering women who have been most invisibilized by oppressive systems and structures. Featured writers include Deesha Phillyaw, Faylita Hicks, Elisabet Velasquez, JET Toomer, Vivian Nixon, and Koa Beck.
women’s studies quarterly (WSQ) — Black love issue
Junior served as a prose editor for the Feminist Press’s' Women Studies Quarterly Black Love issue alongside Kiesha-Gaye Anderson and Marci Blackman.
Women’s Studies Quarterly — State/power
Junior served as a prose editor for the Feminist Press’s' Women Studies Quarterly State/Power issue alongside Kiesha-Gaye Anderson and Marci Blackman.
Raising Mothers—justice involved mothers
Heather Stokes’s “Lost Daughters, Losing Mothers” was featured as part of Junior’s Justice-Involved Mothers column, featured on Raising Mothers.
Raising Mothers—justice involved mothers
Dominique Vincent’s “How the Fuck Did I Get Here” was featured as part of Junior’s Justice-Involved Mothers column, featured on Raising Mothers.
Black femme collective
As editor-in-chief of Black Femme Collective, Junior published the “Lies & Make Believe” issue, featuring literary artists Sheree Greer, Andrea Plaid, Asia Calcagno, Casira Copes, Danielle Buckingham, Khalisa Rae, and Morgan Christie.
Black femme collective
As editor-in-chief of Black Femme Collective, Junior published the “Wild” issue, featuring literary artists Faylita Hicks, Casira Copes, Sabrina Sarro, Danielle Monique, Chibuike Ogbonnaya, Nahshon Dion, Sonja Killebre, and Jessica Vance.
Black femme collective
As editor-in-chief of Black Femme Collective, Junior published the “Taste” issue, featuring literary artists Almah Lavon Rice, Camille Colpitts, Layla Benitez-James, Sunah Nash, and Taneasha White.
The Rumpus—Voices on addiction
Starr Davis’s “Heroin/e” was featured as part of Junior’s guest editor partnership with the Rumpus’ Voices on Addiction column.
The Rumpus—Voices on addiction
Named as a Longreads Top 5 of the Week, Heather Stokes’s “Thief in the Night” was featured as part of Junior’s guest editor partnership with the Rumpus’ Voices on Addiction column.
The Rumpus—Voices on addiction
Elara Elizabeth Cáceres’ “Memories of My Daddy and Me(th)” was featured as part of Junior’s guest editor partnership with the Rumpus’ Voices on Addiction column.
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