This edition contains a suite of work focused on and inspired by Carnival guest edited by Anu Lakhan. This giant issue features work from Raymond Antrobus, John R. Lee, Nancy Anne Miller, Mario Alejandro Ariza, Colwyn Burchall Jr, Madari Pendas, Catherine Cowie, Jeremy Jacob Peretz, Kwasi Shade, Eugene Elira, Paris Weslyn, Wandeka Gayle, Johanna Gibson, Jerome Teelucksingh, KF Frank, Joe O’Neill, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Gilberte O’Sullivan, Steve Whittaker, Barbara Jenkins, Paula Lindo, Soy Forde, Joanne C. Hillhouse, Gomo George, Maria Nunes, Mark Ramsay & Danielle Blaize, and our incredible cover artist Shalini Seereeram.