everyone lives.

everyone lives.

everyone lives.

everyone.

— jaye simpson

Guest edited by Mercedes Eng, Carcerality and Care asks us to imagine and activate a world without prisons: to think beyond Western carceral logics and realities, and to unsettle the colonial-settler mentality of punitive justice. Constellated here is art and writing by currently and formerly incarcerated people, and people working in solidarity with prisoners, aiding us in attaining an abolitionist future.

Featuring poetry from tiptoeing through the concrete tulips by Abu-Falestine, Cassandra Rae, D.C.R., Drew, Kevin, Lance, Muhe Cui, Serafim, Trae, and W.W.; artwork by Chris, Drew, Paul, Serafim, Tangent, Tristen Bright, and Will, collected by Helen Brown and Kelsey Timler through A.R.T. & Justice; conversations on art, community, writing, and organizing with Caspar Blanchard and Harsha Walia; new drawings by Manuel Axel-Strain paying homage to friends and community members, accompanied by a conversation with Cecily Nicholson; visual art by Angelee Porter, dana qaddah, and Magín Manolete; and new writing by Hari Alluri, Rachelle Cruz, Claire Farley, Chi-Leung Lee, Cecily Nicholson, Nnadi Samuel, jaye simpson, Rita Wong, and Rafael Zen.

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