lSSUE 001: MATTER, NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES

ON THE COVER: The first issue has two covers, one starring Nikole Hannah-Jones, shot by Myesha Evon Gardner, styled by Lysa Cooper. The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, NY Times, creator of the 1619 Project on her private self, her mistakes, and what it means to become infamous and revered in one breath. The other cover features model Dede Manros shot by Rahim Fortune, styled by Jessica Willis. Fortune takes us on a journey to the in-between, to a world that exists both within the dark and light, at a time of deep contemplation about what it means to exist neither here nor there, to be both black and bursting out of the boundaries.

This issue also features works and contributions from Roxane Gay, Tyler Mitchell, Sheila Atim, Casper Kofi, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Rashaad Newsome, Jari Jones, Nick Cave, Honey Dijon, Jelani Cobb, works by Gordon Parks and much more.