Come celebrate Spring with us during the launch of the Spring 2026 issue of The Rebel’s Zeitgeist, a literary journal from the Baltimore-based nonprofit, Black Writers for Peace and Social Justice.

We welcome this issue’s guest editors, writers Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton and Khari Dawson and contributors to the Spring 2026 and Summer 2025 issues.

This launch is moderated by Coppin State University associate professor, Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman, the author of three poetry collections, including For the Girls Who Do Too Much, and the second Poet Laureate of Prince George’s County, Maryland from 2023 to 2025.

Featured writers include Buddah Desmond, Colie Aziza, Brenda Bunting, and more to be announced.

The Rebel’s Zeitgeist is dedicated to amplifying voices that explore themes of social justice, radical resistance, and the revolutionary liminal spaces that shape identity. The Rebel’s Zeitgeist seeks to publish work that challenges the status quo, offers new perspectives on systemic injustices, and celebrates the rich diversity of the Black experience. The Spring 2026 issue’s theme is, “Beyond the Bearing of Witness.” Contributors include those with work that explores themes addressing the nature of resistance and the fight for liberation.

Copies of The Rebel’s Zeitgeist will be available for purchase at the event.