Ron L. Dowell

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Anger Management in a Time of COVID-19 Pandemic and Riotous Grief

By | 2021-01-04T13:20:18-08:00 January 7th, 2021|Categories: Issue 126: 07 January 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

By Ron L. Dowell   I First, understand what you call a riot was the Watts rebellion ending our 1965 Little League season. No last inning strikeout, but choking smoke, thick of burning rubber, no walk-off homerun, but smoldering wood, no game-winning catch, but chemicals scorching our throats, chest, lungs, interrupting me & Gerald’s sunrise to [...]

Tallent Neal’s Hungry Belly

By | 2019-07-23T17:49:08-07:00 July 25th, 2019|Categories: Issue 91: 25 July 2019|Tags: , , |

By Ron L. Dowell   You're on Compton City Hall’s council chambers steps, a fist-sized Black Lives Matter button pinned conspicuously on your t-shirt, your belly distending and nearly blocking out Congresswoman Imelda Herrera and obscenely stretching Elizabeth Eckford's 1957 photo that’s on your tee. Elizabeth’s lovely brown face is downcast, looking cautiously through dark sunglasses, [...]