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Best of Proximity

Portraits

"The paintings in this series are meant to challenge the way we view people of color. These paintings are part of an ongoing series that also attempts to address, in a forward-thinking way, the lack of representation of African Americans on gallery walls," explains artist Jeremy Okai Davis.

On Race, Secrets, & Love: An interview with E. Dolores Johnson

Author Sonya Lea and debut memoirist E. Dolores Johnson discuss 'Say I'm Dead,' a family memoir of race, secrets, and love.

Craft

Translating Otherness

Whenever I teach podcasting, I begin with two audio excerpts. The first is from a popular investigative journalism podcast called S-Town, hosted by Brian Reed..

Flotsam

Bitch Niggas: In Support of Softness

When men write about sexism they get praised to high heavens for it, although women have been talking about it, writing about it, making art..

In Conversation

series on race, gender, intersectionality, and literary responsibility

Since our founding in 2013, Proximity has aspired to publish a wide range of voices. In an industry that prizes straight, cisgender male points of..