Greetings,
Please consider supporting this project! THE BEAUTIFUL: Poets Reimagine a Nation. THE BEAUTIFUL features the nation's' foremost poets and revolutionizes our ideas of beauty and belonging. I'm so pleased that DanaTeen Lomax choose my artwork "By Intricate Design" as the cover art.
Blessings!
Invite beauty in!
In the chaos of a constantly shifting world, we can turn to the poets. They invite us to re-envision beauty and challenge conventional ideals. They ask us to co-create just and equitable communities. And they show us how. This multicultural, multi-generational anthology redefines beauty in order to sustain and protect it.
In THE BEAUTIFUL, truth-telling, mentorship, activism, art-making, and sustainability practices inspire communal responsibility and help us reimagine beauty in surprising ways.
THE BEAUTIFUL contributors include:
Introduction Juan Felipe Herrera
Editor’s Note Dana Teen Lomax
Sāmoa ‘i Sasa’e/American Samoa
Dan Taulapapa McMullin
Guåhan/Guam Evelyn San Miguel Flores
Northern Mariana Islands
Joey “Pepe Batbon” Connolly
Puerto Rico Julio César Pol
U.S. Virgin Islands Tiphanie Yanique
Alabama Jacqueline Allen Trimble
Alaska X’unei Lance Twitchell
Arizona Felicia Zamora
Arkansas Dana Teen Lomax
California Jaime Cortez
Colorado Jovan Mays
Connecticut Rayon Lennon
Delaware Gemelle John
Florida Nicole Brodsky
Georgia Jericho Brown
Hawai‘i No‘u Revilla
Idaho Janet Holmes
Illinois Sarah Rosenthal
Indiana Marianne Boruch
Iowa Akwi Nji
Kansas Megan Kaminski
Kentucky Kristen Renee Miller
Louisiana Megan Burns
Maine Stuart Kestenbaum
Maryland Linda Pastan
Massachusetts Eileen Myles
Michigan Rob Halpern
Minnesota 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin
Mississippi E. Ethelbert Miller
Missouri Dorothea Lasky
Montana Prageeta Sharma
Nebraska Matt Mason
Nevada Vogue Robinson
New Hampshire Kate Greenstreet
New Jersey Cortney Lamar Charleston
New Mexico Arthur Sze
New York Jennifer Firestone
North Carolina Dorianne Laux
North Dakota Denise K. Lajimodiere
Ohio Amit Majmudar
Oklahoma Joy Harjo
Oregon Douglas Manuel
Pennsylvania Raquel Salas Rivera
Rhode Island Sawako Nakayasu
South Carolina Marcus Amaker
South Dakota Lee Ann Roripaugh
Tennessee Ama Codjoe
Texas Ching-In Chen
Utah Craig Dworkin
Vermont Camille Guthrie
Virginia giovanni singleton
Washington Sally and Sam Green
Washington, D.C. Sarah Anne Cox
West Virginia Marc Harshman
Wisconsin Oliver Baez Bendorf
Wyoming David Romtvedt
Cover Art by Amber Robles-Gordon
Book Design by Roberta Morris
Gualala Arts is a Mendocino-based nonprofit whose mission is to promote interest and participation in the arts. Since 1961, Gualala Arts has served Sonoma and Mendocino County coastal residents and visitors with year-round programs of art, music, theater and education. Gualala Arts operates with 12 members on the board of directors, an executive director and management team including: events, office, operations, project and publicity. Gualala Arts is also supported hundreds of dedicated volunteers.