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Directed by brother Roberth Roth the free and diverse And Then 16 poetry magazine has just been released. Safiya Bandele and Borther Robert have been so generous in allowing us to publish Safiya Bandele's Prison Briefs. Chayraqmi And Then poetry magazine qespirin. Chayqa waykinchik Roberth Rothmi qespichisqan. Chaypiqa ancha laya qellqaykunam kachkan. Wakinku sumallaqana, wakintaq chawacharaq. Manataq And Thenta imapas qukunchu, free kancha kasqan rayku. Qakutun sunquyyuq kasqankurayku Safiya Bandelepas waki Robertpas Prison Briefsta reqsichinaykuna qasiwanku. Safiya Bandele PRISON BRIEFS The Elements It was November—late evening—dark, gray, windy. It seemed as if everything was scurrying— bits of debris, people exiting the subway making their way home. K. and I often exited the same Brooklyn IRT subway stop and had on this day agreed to rendezvous at a tiny neighborhood coffee shop. We had tea and conversation. Having just met a few months prior, we were (or I was) dancing aro...