Callaloo: A Journal of African-American and African Arts offers a lot of insight into African-American literature. The journal has a great variety of poems and articles about different cultures and issues in life. The journal provides articles about African-American culture and interviews about children that are Afromeztiso. Callaloo also has articles about both western and Caribbean literature. This journal is a good example of how literature and poetry can be very diverse.
-By Yolanda Casaas.
The quarterly journal Callaloo is a collection of works created by people of African decent worldwide, as well as pieces that discuss those works. By incorporating many different media – poetry, nonfiction prose, fiction, reviews, interviews, literary criticism, drama, essays, articles, and art – it allows the various parts of the black community to express themselves, their views, feelings, criticisms (of themselves and of the world "outside"), as well as any issue that surrounds their life or culture. From general groupings of works to themed issues, such as Emerging Women Authors, Sterling A. Brown, or Eric Williams and the Postcolonial Caribbean, the issues can draw from intimately personal pieces to works that deal with specific politics, people, places, or previously published pieces. Hosting both artists of much acclaim, such as Alice Walker and Lucille Clifton, and those who simply love what they do, Callaloo allows people that were once torn from their homeland and sprinkled around the world, a chance to come together and give readers a glimpse into the ever-evolving culture.
-By Crystal Laux.