In his introduction to his latest book of essays, Another Day on the Front, Ishmael Reed compares essay writing to sparring in a gym all day. I couldn't agree more. Essays are the writer's calisthenics. They're not as 'glamorous' as novels, as 'important' as political tomes, as 'serious' as books of history and journalism, as 'self-indulgent' as memoirs, as 'affecting' as books of poetry, or as 'marketable' as self-help books. Notwithstanding these 'shortcomings' they are necessary to both readers and writers. Essays keep writers sharp, fit, ready to meet the task of sorting out the world, de-mystifying it, eliminating the illusions we live by and so forth. They're where writers get to speak without artifice or literary pretense to an audience hungry for searching, stumbling, but always steadfast voice of a kindred spirit. - from Dax's introduction Derek Beres & Dax-Devlon Ross founded Outside the Box Publishing in 2005. That year photojournalist Beres birthed Global Beat Fusion: The...

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