This issue began Halloween night 1999 conversing with
Juba at Kimako's Blues People.  I'd been to some Verse 4 Verse
gatherings, which were unquestionably energizing, exciting,
and life-returning public poetry events.  Naturally, I asked
Juba if he and cohorts would be willing to contribute work
 for an issue.  He offered to gather up a selection.
After a couple of meetings and a few dozen e-mail
exchanges the present materials congealed.
I'd like to thank all of the artists whose work appears,
and Juba for the leg-work in uniting them together.

Be sure to stay on the lookout for the forthcoming
Verse 4 Verse anthology, edited by Ras Baraka and Juba,
and for the return of Verse 4 Verse in February 2000.

In January 2000, Verse 4 Verse put on a show at Kimako's Blues People,
pictures from that event (taken by Ben Polsky) can be seen here.

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
at New Jersey Institute of Technology sponsors
NEWARK REVIEW; each issue appears in print
and online.  Writers and artists from New Jersey and
NJIT community:  please contact us if you have work to
contribute.  Poetry, prose, and images are welcome for
future issues, as arehypertexts, reviews and critical writing.
 

-Chris Funkhouser, editor