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Blackthorn

Art and Literary Magazine

Created by

Épine Noir Society

This group is called Épine Noir Society. Épine Noir means Blackthorn. I have chosen this name for multiple reasons. It sounds mysterious, Gothic and possibly spooky, for one, and the darkness and unknown in our lives is a great fascination of mine. Noir is also a proto-horror film genre, one of the oldest, most famous and identifiable artistic genres of the film industry. It also means “black” in French. Épine is the French word for “Thorn”. The reason for choosing this word to represent this Society are literary. The origin lies in Chekhov’s The Seagull. One of the character's names is Dorn. This surname, from Middle High German origins, means "Thorn". He is a doctor, and is seemingly the observer, the character on the outside looking in, and he comments on and questions the actions and words of the other characters. He is almost amused by the drama his friends create for themselves. Furthermore, Chekhov was a doctor himself, and so the theory is that Dorn, and the doctors present in his other works, represent the playwright within the worlds of his plays.

August 2020

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Black Lives Matter

A memorial to the beautiful lives lost.

This art and  literature is Dedicated to you ...

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David Earl Brooks, 45 ~ July 27, 2020

Samuel Soloman Cochran Jr., 22 ~ July 26, 2020

Southern Jeremy, 22 ~ July 21, 2020

Vincent Harris, 51 ~ July 20, 2020

Darius Washington, 24 ~ July 18, 2020

Rayshard Brooks, 27 - June 12, 2020

Carlos Carson, 36 - June 6, 2020

Justin Howell, 20 ~ June 4, 2020 (suffered brain damage after the policd shot him)

Jamel Floyd, 35 ~ June 3, 2020

Sean Monterrosa, 22 ~ June 2, 2020

David Mcatee, 53 ~ May 31, 2020 (shot by National guard)

Tony McDade, 1982 - May 27, 2020

George Floyd, 46 ~ May 25, 2020

Dreasjon “Sean” Reed, 21 - May 6, 2020

Breonna Taylor, 26 ~ March 13, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, 25 ~ February 23, 2020

Atatiana Jefferson, 28 ~ October 12, 2019

Elijah McClain, 23 - August 30, 2019

Javier Ambler, 41 - March 28, 2019

 Sterling Lapree Higgins, 38 - March 25, 2019

Emantic “EJ” Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21 - November 22, 2018

Botham Jean, 26 ~ september 6, 2018

Charles “Chop” Roundtree Jr., 18 - October 17, 2018

Chinedu Okobi, 36 - October 3, 2018

Antwon Rose Jr., 17 - June 19, 2018

Saheed Vassell, 34 - April 4, 2018

Stephon Clark, 22 ~ March 18, 2018

Dominique White, 30 ~ September 28, 2017

Aaron Bailey, 45 - June 29, 2017

Charleena Chavon Lyles, 30 - June 18, 2017

Fetus of Charleena Chavon Lyles, (14-15 weeks), June 18, 2017

Jordan Edwards, 15 - April 29, 2017

Chad Robertson, 25 - February 15, 2017

Deborah Danner, 66 - October 18, 2016

Alfred Olango, 38 - September 27, 2016

Keith Lamont Scott, 43 ~ September 20, 2016

Terence Crutcher, 40 - September 16, 2016

Terrence LeDell Sterling, 31 - September 11, 2016

Korryn Gaines, 22 - August 1, 2016

Joseph Curtis Mann, 51 - July 11, 2016

Philando Castille, 32 ~ July 6, 2016

Alton Sterling, 37~ July 5, 2016

Bettie “Betty Boo” Jones, 55 - December 26, 2015

Quintonio LeGrier, 19 - December 26, 2015

Corey Lamar Jones, 31 - October 18, 2015

Natasha Mckenna, 37 ~ February 8, 2015

Jamar O’Neal Clark, 24 - November 16, 2015

Jeremy “Bam Bam” McDole, a paraplegic man, 28 - September 23, 2015

India Kager, 28 - September 5, 2015

Michelle Cuseaux, 50 ~ August 13, 2015

Samuel Vincent DuBose, 43 - July 19, 2015

Sandra Bland, 28 - July 13, 2015

Salvado Ellswood, 36 ~ July 12, 2015

George Mann, 35 ~ July 11, 2015

Jonathan Sanders, 39 ~ July 8, 2015

Brendon K. Glenn, 29 - May 5, 2015

Freddie Gray, 25 ~ April 12, 2015

Walter Scott, 50 ~ April 4, 2015

Eric Harris, 44 ~ April 2, 2015

Phillip White, 33 ~ March 31, 2015

Mya Hall, a Transwoman, 27 ~ March 30, 2015

Tony Robinson, 19 ~ March 6, 2015

Meagan Hockaday, 26 - March 28, 2015

Anthony Hill, 26 ~ March 9, 2015

Jonisha Fonville, 20 ~ February 18, 2015

Frank Smart, 39 ~ January 5, 2015

Jerame Reid, 36 ~ December 30, 2014

Rumain Brisbon, 34 - December 2, 2014

Tamir Rice, 12 ~ November 22, 2014

Akai Gurley, 28 ~ November 20, 2014

Tanisha N. Anderson, 37 - November 13, 2014

Aura Rosser, 40 ~ November 10, 2014

Laquan Mcdonald, 17 ~ October 20, 2014

Dante Parker, 36 ~ August 12, 2014

Ezell Ford, 25 ~ August 11, 2014

Michael Brown Jr., 18 - August 9, 2014

John Crawford III, 22 - August 5, 2014

Eric Garner, 43 ~ July 17, 2014

Dontre Hamilton, 31 - April 30, 2014

Victor White III, 22 - March 3, 2014

Gabriella Nevarez, 22 ~ March 2, 2014

Yvette Smith, 47 - February 16, 2014

McKenzie J. Cochran, 25 - January 29, 2014

Jordan Baker, 26 - January 16, 2014

Miriam Iris Carey, 34 - October 3, 2013

Barrington “BJ” Williams, 25 - September 17, 2013

Jonathan Ferrell, 24 - September 14, 2013

Larry Eugene Jackson Jr., 32 - July 26, 2013

Kyam Livingston, 37 - July 21, 2013

Deion Fludd, 17 - July 12, 2013

Clinton R. Allen, 25 - March 10, 2013

Kimani “KiKi” Gray, 16 - March 9, 2013

Kayla Moore, 41 - February 12, 2013

Jamaal Moore, 23 - December 15, 2012

Johnnie Kamahi Warren, 43 - February 13, 2012

Shelly Marie Frey, 27 - December 6, 2012

Darnisha Harris, 16 - December 2, 2012

Timothy Russell, 43 - November 29, 2012

Malissa Williams, 30 - November 29, 2012

Jordan Russell Davis, 17 - November 23, 2012

Noel Palanco, 22 - October 4, 2012

Chavis Carter, 21 - July 28, 2012

Alesia Thomas, 35 - July 22, 2012

Shantel Davis, 23 - June 14, 2012

Sharmel T. Edwards, 49 - April 21, 2012

Tamon Robinson, 27 - April 18, 2012

Ervin Jefferson, 37 - March 24, 2012

Kendrec McDade, 19 - March 24, 2012

Rekia Boyd, 22 - March 21, 2012

Shereese Francis, 30 - March 15, 2012

Jersey K. Green, 37 - March 12, 2012

Wendell James Allen, 20 - March 7, 2012

Nehemiah Lazar Dillard, 29 - March 5, 2012

Dante’ Lamar Price, 25 - March 1, 2012

Raymond Luther Allen Jr., 34 - February 29, 2012

Trayvon Martin, 17 ~ February 26, 2012

Manual Levi Loggins Jr., 31 - February 7, 2012

Ramarley Graham, 18 - February 2, 2012

Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., 68 - November 19, 2011

Alonzo Ashley Jr., 29 - July 18, 2011

Kenneth Harding Jr., 19 - July 16, 2011

Derek Williams, 22 - July 6, 2011

Raheim Brown, Jr., 20 - January 22, 2011

Reginald Doucet, 25 - January 14, 2011

Derrick Jones, 37 - November 8, 2010

Danroy “DJ” Henry Jr., 20 - October 17, 2010

Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley-Jones, 7 - May 16, 2010

Steven Eugene Washington, 27 - March 20, 2010

Aaron Campbell, 25 - January 29, 2010

Kiwane Carrington, 15 - October 9, 2009

Victor Steen, 18 - October 3, 2009

Shem Walker, 49 - July 11, 2009

Oscar Grant III, 22 - January 1, 2009

Tarika Wilson, 26 - January 4, 2008

DeAunta Terrel Farrow, 12 - June 22, 2007

Sean Bell, 23 - November 25, 2006

Kathryn Johnston, 92 - November 21, 2006

Ronald Curtis Madison, March 1, 1965 - September 4, 2005

James B. Brissette Jr., November 6, 1987 - September 4, 2005

Henry “Ace” Glover, October 2, 1973 - September 2, 2005

Timothy Stansbury, Jr., November 16, 1984 - January 24, 2004

Ousmane Zongo, 1960 - May 22, 2003

Alberta Spruill, 1946 - May 16, 2003

Kendra Sarie James, December 24, 1981 - May 5, 2003

Orlando Barlow, December 29, 1974 - February 28, 2003

Timothy DeWayne Thomas Jr., July 25, 1981 - April 7, 2001

Ronald Beasley, 1964 - June 12, 2000

Earl Murray, 1964 - June 12, 2000

Patrick Moses Dorismond, February 28, 1974 - March 16, 2000

Prince Carmen Jones Jr., March 30, 1975 - September 1, 2000

Malcolm Ferguson, October 31, 1976 - March 1, 2000

LaTanya Haggerty, 1973 - June 4, 1999

Margaret LaVerne Mitchell, 1945 - May 21, 1999

Amadou Diallo, September 2, 1975 - February 4, 1999

Tyisha Shenee Miller, March 9, 1979 - December 28, 1998

James Byrd Jr., May 2, 1949 - June 7, 1998

Dannette Daniels, January 25, 1966 - June 7, 1997

Frankie Ann Perkins, 1960 - March 22, 1997

Nicholas Heyward Jr., August 26, 1981 - September 27, 1994

Mary Mitchell, 1950 - November 3, 1991

Yusef Kirriem Hawkins, March 19, 1973 - August 23, 1989

Yvonne Smallwood, 1959 - December 9, 1987

Michael Griffith, March 2, 1963 - December 20, 1986

Eleanor Bumpers, August 22, 1918 - October 29, 1984

Michael Jerome Stewart, May 9, 1958 - September 28, 1983

Willie Turks, February 4, 1948 - June 22, 1982

Eula Mae Love, August 8, 1939 - January 3, 1979

Arthur Miller Jr., 1943 - June 14, 1978

Randolph Evans, April 5, 1961 - November 25, 1976

Rita Lloyd, January 27, 1973

Henry Dumas, July 20, 1934 - May 23, 1968

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God is the biggest Queer I know.

a genderless queen

who graces me with Their presence

when i feel most alone

 

i see God 

in my mother's strong hands

in my father's tears

they use them both for you, God

 

i see God 

in the men who tuck their dicks to worship

and to question

all that is Feminine

 

i see God in women 

with mustaches 

combining with other women to worship

each other's hidden pieces

to moan Oh God

 

i see God 

in those who defy definition

i see God in You.

i see God in Me.

God

Biggest Queer

I Know

is the

A poem by

Bex Love

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