This isn't the Black issue of TriQuarterly. Instead, it is the beginning of an intentional practice by the editorial staff to represent myriad aesthetics from Black literary voices. Nonfiction editor, Starr Davis, will pioneer this ongoing work and we are so ready to see how she brings her vision to the pages of future issues. In this particular moment, we are grateful for the contributions of such poignant and different voices from our literary community: Cap, Skinner, Lee, Brownlow, Tucker. Their writing, which offers excellence in traditional forms as well as vital expression in the avant-garde, made this current issue possible.