One Black Perch Publishing

03/09/2026

Read Sabrina’s work “Down Came the Baby” in the inaugural issue of OBP Review.

Link in bio,
and right here 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
https://www.oneblackperchpublishing.com/product/obp-review-issue-1/

Thank you, .unapologetic for gracing our first issue!

Follow her to catch her as she features and hosts many events.
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Sabrina LaSha (She.Unapologetic) is a multidisciplinary artist and creative brand redefining what performance looks and sounds like. A poet, vocalist, actress, and writer, she builds immersive storytelling experiences that move fluidly between stage, studio, and screen.
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As She.Unapologetic, she has cultivated a bold artistic identity rooted in feminine power, emotional intelligence, and cultural awareness—already activating audiences through live performance, original remixes, curated showcases, and cross-genre collaborations.

Her work is not limited to verses or vocals; she creates narrative arcs, cinematic moments, and brand-aligned storytelling that elevates records, tours, and creative campaigns. She doesn’t simply feature—she expands the world of the artist she collaborates with.

Sabrina operates as both artist and movement builder, bringing vision, voice, and cultural momentum to every room she enters.

03/03/2026

Read Jonathan's piece, "One Glad Morning" in our inaugural issue of OBP Review!!

Link in bio...and right here 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
www.oneblackperchpublishing.com/product/obp-review-issue-1/

Thank you again, Jonathan, for submitting this work! A great read!
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Jonathan Jackson is a native of Youngstown, Ohio. He is a recipient of a 2025 Gotham Writers Workshop Creative Writing Scholarship, as well as a Literary Support Award from The Boston Writers of Color. Jackson’s short fiction is forthcoming in Blood + Honey, and his creative nonfiction has appeared in Blavity.

A poet and songwriter, Jackson studied Music Business at Columbia College Chicago. In 2020, Jackson self-published his debut poetry collection, In Not So Many Words. In 2021 Jackson began teaching Creative Writing with Community Works, an arts enrichment nonprofit in New Orleans, where he now serves as Program Engagement Manager.

Jackson is currently working on his debut novel.
Connect on IG: _jonnnyj
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03/02/2026

Download the inaugural issue of the One Black Perch Review.

Cover Art: Painting by Alex V. Puryear

One Black Perch Review is a literary journal of poetry, short stories, memoir & fiction excerpts, and essays devoted to Black and diverse writers.

The inaugural issue features a conversation with artist Alex Puryear, and contributions from published and yet-to-be published authors on topics spanning the light-hearted, and the dire. Theme: fulfillment.

One Black Perch Review is a literary journal of poetry, short stories, memoir & fiction excerpts, and essays devoted to Black and diverse writers. It’s inaugural issue features conversati…

02/07/2026

Market research might mean taking note of the publishing landscape, observing how certain ideas, genres, styles, etc. are being responded to by readers. Helps writers and publishers understand, anticipate, postpone, or adjust their future offerings and acquisitions.

Our works are meant to be felt by real people, living through real, nakedly hateful, and institutionally neglectful & dismissive times, affecting our overall well-being (on purpose, btw).

So sometimes, reports from orgs that measure happiness and fulfillment markers globally, though we can know it intuitively, is another way to determine creative direction, become inspired and decisive about your contribution as an author, or publisher.

01/29/2026

Not seeking perfection, but proper care for the talk w/ Alex.

Thanks goodness for timeless resources to guide the way.

Who knew there were so many approaches to writing an interview?

01/27/2026

Still trying to fit other reading in, while preparing our first issue. Like cleansing your palate between fragrances so they don't pile atop one another, end up getting overwhelmed.

I read Lorde's journal entries. To report in such a journalistic style in what must have been terrifying, to say the least, is alone a feat. Unfortunately, can't be surprised by our government's response to an emergency affecting darker people?

Care? Or hostility? You guess.
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I hope you're reading.
I hope you're writing.

01/20/2026

These anthologies happen to be put together by noted Black Historian Henry Louis Gates, a series often found in college bookstores.

Robin D.G. Kelley is a professor and author of Freedom Dreams: the Black Radical Imagination, Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression. Check out his lectures on YouTube & get familiar.

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Who would've guessed that would have similar artistic direction re: their cover? Great minds; great ether.

01/15/2026

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT TO THE FIRST ISSUE OF OUR JOURNAL!!! DETAILS/LINK IN BIO FOR DETAILS

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HERE'S OTHER LIT MAGS & JOURNALS CURRENTLY TAKONG SUBMISSIONS (SHARE & SHARE ALIKE!!!):



stories

(BLACK WOMEN ONLY)











Check to see who accepts simultaneous submissions. Some don't. (We Do!!!)

Hope to read you soon! ✌️

01/14/2026

TOMORROW'S THE LAST DAY!!!
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01/13/2026

Currently Reading:

Wherever I’m At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry
Published as a collaboration between Third World Press, After Hours Press, and Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, featuring 134 poets and 27 artists.

I could be reading your submission, though: [email protected]

Have you submitted yet?

01/11/2026

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details in bio.

Share/Repost for your writer-friends.

gratitude in advance. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

01/10/2026

, who painted an original piece to grace the cover for the first issue of our journal, isn't just recognized by me as a dope artist (i own several of his works as evidence of that, lol), but he gets invited to bring his work into diverse and unconventional spaces, like a dispensary in this case, to fill it with wonder, awe, and a chance to pause in reflection.

I'm blessed to know him and grateful that we could reconnect after many years, to begin new collaborations.
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First issue of the journal launches in February. Deadline to submit is the 15th of January.
Details in link in bio.