CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Front Cover: Painting, “Headwind,” oil on canvas, by Jewel Okamura- Ritkes
vi: NASA Photo (James Webb Telescope)
xii: photo of Suzanne Lummis by Alexis Rhone Fancher
1: The Poem Noir, Too Dark to Be Depressed, first published In Malpais Review, ed. Gary L. Brower, Winter 2012-13, then in Pratik, the noir issue, Darkness in Style, ed. Yuyutsu Sharma, Guest Editor, Suzanne Lummis, 2024
8: Illustration, “Cake,” by Jewel Okamura
9: “Jagged Blade Found in Cake Destined for Inmate,” is published in Ron Koertge’s book, Pandora’s Kitchen, from Red Hen Press (2025)
12, 14: NASA photograph
21: NASA Photo (2022) Webb Telescope
21: NASA Photo (2022) Webb Telescope
25: photo of Ferris Jabr by Ryan G.
26: photo of Conney D. Williams by Aleix Rhone Fancher
29: painting, “L.A. Woman” by Jewel Okamura
30: Suzanne Lummis’ “Jump,” is from Ghost Town, ed. Chad Sweeney, 2018
33: Illustration, “Splash,” by Jewel Okamura
34: Suzanne Lummis’ “Bad Gun,” is from Noir Riot, pub. by Noir Con and Out of the Gutter Books, 2014
44: photograph of Ali-Liston by Neil Leifer (1965)
52-60: most photographs by Michael Blaha (2024)
66: photo of napalm bombing by Nick Ut (1972)
67: photo of execution on Saigon street by Eddie Adams (1968)
74: photo of Fred Hampton, Chicago History Museum
80: photo of Eldridge Cleaver and Timothy Leary, from the movie Weather Underground
85: painting by Salvador Dali, “Profanation of the Host” (1929), Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
86: Mixed Media, “Silver and Gold,” by Jewel Okamura
87: Cynthia Briano’s “The Mouth-Carriers” was first published in Cultural Daily
88: Mixed Meida, “Arbor,” by Jewel Okamura
91: Painting, “Calla Lilies,” by Yvonne McGrath
95: painting, “Anglo-Dutch Slaver,” by Nicholaas Bauer (1818)
98: painting, “The Burning of Jamestown in 1676 by Black and White rebels Led by Nathaniel Bacon,” by Howard Pyle (1905)
114: painting by Sandow Birk, “California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison (SATF) – Corcoran, CA, Courtesy of the Artist and Koplin Del Rio Gallery
120, 122-123: All paintings by Don Hata
124: Arrangement and photograph by Jewel Okamura
126: Mixed Media, “Rain,” by Jewel Okamura
128, 130-134: all photographs by Gary Greenberg
135: photograph, “Lake George with White Birch,” by Georgia O’Keefe
136: Mixed Media, “Sally,” by Jewel Okamura
139: Ink Painting, “Cat,” by Jewel Okamura
160: Painting, “Art Studio,” oil on canvas, by Debbie Green
161: Photograph of Joni Mitchell and Debbie Green by George Madaraz
162: Photograph of typewriter by Daniel Ritkes
164: da Vinci, Shutterstock 2390493541
166: Mixed Media, “Morning,” by Jewel Okamura
175: Photograph of ruins at Delphi, Greece (1974) by Daniel Ritkes
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