We are pleased to announce that the next issue of Crescendo City is dedicated to Harlem’s 1926 one-time literary magazine Fire!!
This historic publication featured writing by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. Today, artists and writers continue to feel a connection to Harlem. Crescendo City honors this connection and Harlem’s impressive literary tradition.
Issue 1 Available for Purchase Online and at La Casa Azul Bookstore!

Featuring: Matvei Yankelevich, SCOO D FOO, DA BOM!, Ella Veres, Julia Guez, Diana Santana, Erin Ehsani, Hilary Vaughn Dobel, Jason McDaniel, Dawn Marie Perry, Dina Montes, Justin Long-Moton, Emily Herzlin, and Bob McNeil.
With art by: Molly Aubry, Nitsa, and Annastasha Larsen.
Edited by: Katherine Sanders, Julia Guez, Kat Laskowski, Stephen Payne, and Anna Smith.
