I am smart. Extremely smart, so say my parents, friends and teachers. But it does not register. I cannot see it, at least not like they see it . . . I am a bit lazy, a daydreamer. My father, a big fan of mine, persecutes me about my laziness, I will daydream my life away.   ~from DREAMIST
Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award, Crisler is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne and a Cave Canem Fellow.

REVERIE 2011 VOL. 5

Theme: "Revisiting Injustice." A broad range of creative and scholarly works on topics such as:

·         Church burnings in the South in the late 1990s

·         An examination of sisterly bonds in terms of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple and Ntozake Shange’s Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

·         A revealing story on the little-known genocide in Namibia in the early 20^th Century

·         An exploration of human relationships under the guns of the Panamanian Army

·         A tribute to Sean Bell by Contributing Editor Metta Sáma