Art of the Week: Wisdom that Digs Deep — Danusha Lameris’ Feeding the Worms
Left: Painting of worms by Melissa DeSa, painted with senna, avocado. cabbage, palm, charcoal, black walnut, plantain, marigold, beets and cochineal. Credit: Melissa DeSa Right: Poet and essayist Danusha Laméris. …
Art of the Week: First-Generation Narratives in Jose Olivarez’s Poetic Exploration of Mexican-American Identity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyjepSsTDX4 By Cate Rosa, Alliance Intern from Boston University ’26 In a captivating performance at Art Share LA, Jose Olivarez delves into the rich tapestry of his identity with his …
Art of the Week: The Power of Narrative — Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
“The essential gesture of the novel is there in its title,” says Ocean Vuong, photographed at home in Massachusetts (left). Credit: Doug Levy, The Observer By Cate Rosa, Alliance Intern …
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: The provocative, poignant call for peace in Taking Sides by Rabbi Irwin Keller
Image credit: Melissa Koby Taking SidesBy Rabbi Irwin Keller Today I am taking sides. I am taking the side of Peace. Peace, which I will not abandon even when its …