Art of the Week: And One Day a Sun Will Rise by Louis Alemayehu
“I am an African American Elder in Minnesota. The Mississippi & the Nile pulse and flow in my veins! I am putting this fundraiser out there to help me get …
Art of the Week: Suzanne Rancourt’s evocative “Whose Mouth Do I Speak With”
Credit: Dawnland Voices Whose Mouth Do I Speak With by Suzanne Rancourt I can remember my father bringing home spruce gum. He worked in the woods and filled his pockets …
Art of the Week: Ariana Brown’s fiery spoken word poem Dear White Girls in my Spanish Class
By Alliance Communications Coordinator Amy Durr Ariana Brown’s spoken word poem Dear White Girls in My Spanish Class recounts a searing memory of white high school students trivializing Spanish class. …
Art of the Week: Funny and heartbreaking Problems with Hurricanes by Victor Hernández Cruz
Problems with Hurricanes by Victor Hernández Cruz A campesino looked at the air And told me: With hurricanes it’s not the wind or the noise or the water. I’ll tell …
Art of the Week: Shel Silverstein’s playfully absurd poems urge us to tap into our creativity
Put Something In from Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic. Credit: Britannica, Shel Silverstein By Kaitlyn Scanlon, Alliance Intern from Oregon State University ’26 According to famed poet Shel …
