Nowhere Near Home: Stripes Magazine Issue 2: Volume 1

Home,

a person, place, a memory, a destination.

Nowhere Near Home is a collection of longing, loss, nostalgia, an expo into the cherished minutes of who we are and where we belong.

Page by blessed page, poetry, fiction, nonfiction with art reveals our heart and prayer. This issue is for the time when home feels far away, the moment when you feel at peace, this issue is also for the conflict in your heart; bringing you back to the moments where you find you are truly at home.

The contributors for this issue are:

Ira Joel Haber, Pelonomi Itumeleng, Cortney L. Bledsoe, Linda M. Crate, Amanda Trout, Favour Emmmanuel, Marion Lougheed, Julia Abelsohn, Lynn White, Obinna Chilekezi, Brianne Sommerville, Ann Privateer, Nichole Pientka, Vaughn Roste, Carl ‘Papa’ Palmer, Abasiama Udom, Elizabeth Jaeger, Christopher Clauss, Abdul Abdul Majiid, Vivien Jones, Sandhya Vikram, Keisha Acuff, K. Asare Bediako, Ivan Monbrison, Lorraine Caputo, Marta Aviles O’Brien, Jude Brigley, Luisa Kay Reyes, Ubaha Gideon, Jackie Partridge, Karen Lethlean, Maja Milanovic, Stephanie Stone, Beth Copeland, Mark Fleisher, Renee Cronley, Elleanor Russell, Mark Blickley, Gabriela Docan and Gherome Huble.

On the showcase: Othuke Umukoro, Poet and Educator.

Editors: Abasiama Udom,

Tracey Chizoba Fletcher, Anthony Ukwuoma, with Edidiong Esshiet.

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