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E D I T O R I A L Dear Readers, At EXPOUND, it's delightful taking our 3rd step in this journey dedicated to the best of arts and aesthetics. If the quality and quantity of works we have been receiving is anything to go by, EXPOUND's journey will not be a short one. We thank our contributors for taking these early steps with us. In this issue, we had to increase our publication from 55 pages on our last issue to 100 pages in this issue. Despite opening the floodgate of fresh, exciting, and imaginative creative works, readers would be surprised to know that we declined a great deal of works that interest us. We had to raise the bar higher, helping us achieve the aesthetic level we envisioned at the beginning of the magazine. For nonfiction in Issue #3, Marisa Mangani's Conquering Scallops' and Carl Terver's 'The Great Interaction' got Oyin Oludipe's nod. Jason M Snyman chose, from several fine works of fiction to choose from, Ugoo Anyaeche's The 4 th Commandment', Brandi Megan Granett's )ntersection, and Paul Kavanagh's Ten Grand. Others are Even Steven by Tom Barlow and Lion Gentle by Crytal Galyean. Saddiq Dzukogi received so much but settled with poems from Chibuihe-Light Obi, JK Anowe, Morgan Downie, Chinedu Ugoona, Juleus Ghunta, Jessie Janeshek, Steve Klepetar, Nana Arhin Tsiwah, Richard King Perkins II, Sarah Frances Moran, Chumki Sharma, j.lewis, Dalton Souvato Heera , Divya Rajan, M.A. Istvan Jr, Uche Oguji and Jay Sizemore. Gina Cicinelli Alequin solicitated and selected photographs from Douglas Nilles and Julio Guerrero, including art works from Jason Edward LaPrise, ChisanaRobotto Baburuikakiti, Jason West, and Alex Diamond. For our growing community of Spoken Word Poetry, Enigmatic Olumide's spoken-word video ) Count features in this issue and followed by a review of it by Samuel Oluwatobi Olatunji. It is important to remind our readers that EXPOUND was born to bridge the gap between writings from Africa and other parts of the world. By publishing fine works from around the world without considering race and themes, EXPOUND is gradually building that bridge. After all, works of art should be celebrated for their aesthetics, not geography and themes. That's why at EXPOUND, it's not all about what the writer has to say, but how beautifully he says it. Art speaks a universal language. African writers and writers from every other part of the world should embrace it. We thank our Board of Advisors for their oversight and for helping us balance. We have two more issues to go before the end of the year, Issue #4 and a special issue. We will further establish EXPOUND's place in contemporary art and aesthetics that speak a universal language. Till December, keep expounding ideas that excite. Welcome to Issue #3! Wale Owoade Publisher/Managing Editor, EXPOUND 1
Marisa Mangani Conquering Scallops From the depths of the darkened stage, her name was called. Pride and fear washed over me. Wasnt me called out there to sing a song, so why was I nervous? Daughter seemed, unlike her mother, to not have a self-conscious bone in her body, singing at downtown events and festivals and volunteering to train for the solos. In the uncomfortable seat in the old theater, ) felt Stephens arm tighten next to mine. Well then, a normal parental feeling, I suppose. Then she appeared in her light blue dress, spotlight upon her; her voice teacher playing an intro on the piano in the well below the stage. Daughter opened her mouth . . .and . . . nothing came out. Silence. The audience froze. Stephen and I froze. The thought of my moms dated saying, You could hear a pin drop, came to mind because you could hear a pin drop and I wished I could hear a pin drop because I needed to hear something besides nothing. The piano began again; stopped when she opened her mouth, guppy-like; her voice, a constricted yelp. My chest tightened horribly, that old feeling of helplessness and fear becoming a physical thing, making my face red; fouling up my speech. How could I help my child not feel this way? On stage, a quiet whimper came from her but it was the only sound in the theater. )t didnt seem so quiet, but my face swelled with a big stifled cry, water leaking from my eyes; my hand gripping Stephens arm, his hand gripping my thigh. My life had been a stage of fright. My first-line cook job was at the Marketplace kitchen. I was on my own at seventeen years old, and was sent to the walk-in by Chef to get something called scallops for the nightly special. ) didnt know what scallops were, but knew that I was supposed to know. The chef, after all, had taken me for whom )d presented myself as: knowledgeable, fast on the line, perfect. When ) did manage to complete sentences through my nervous stutter, I talked big, boasting many minor accomplishments, as though )d cooked for the president or graduated with honors from culinary school. But I knew nothing of scallops. They hadnt been a part of my cheap meat and iceberg-lettuce meal sat home in Hawaii and I would not 2
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