Affiliated with the Graduate Program in Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Literatures at New York University, the journal is especially dedicated to presenting the arts and letters of those communities that have long been under-represented within the creative discourse of the region, among them: Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles, Maroon societies, and the Asian and Amerindian societies of the region. Calabash has a strong visual arts component.
| Issue Date | Title | Author(s) |
| 2002 | the leaving | Lasana, Quraysh Ali |
| 2002 | Lo que se va en la noche | Suarez, Virgil |
| 2002 | María Antonio | Hernandez Espinoza, Eugenia |
| 2002 | Marooning | Sylvain, Patrick |
| 2002 | The Meeting Place of Creole Culture: A Conversation With Earl Lovelace | Saunders, Patricia J. |
| 2002 | Micheal Richards | Kim, Christine Y.; Sirmans, Franklin |
| 2002 | Pa | Bishop, Jacqueline |
| 2002 | A Palace Of Mourners | Sylvain, Patrick |
| 2002 | paregoric | Lasana, Quraysh Ali |
| 2002 | Parrot Music Box | Murphy, Y. C. |
| 2002 | Polished | Nurse, Louisa |
| 2002 | Prison Bread | Williams, Enith Martin |
| 2002 | Rhythms, Memories & Whips | Sylvain, Patrick |
| 2002 | Riddle No. 1 | Senior, Olive |
| 2002 | Riddle No. 2 | Senior, Olive |
| 2002 | The Secret Of Crusoe's Parrot | Senior, Olive |
| 2002 | The Secret Of Flying Close To The Sun | Senior, Olive |
| 2002 | So Much Like My Father | Suarez, Virgil |
| 2002 | The Southernmost Point | Vazquez, Lourdes |
| 2002 | a study in students | Ince, Claire |
