A brilliant and rich gathering of voices on the American experience
of this past year and beyond, from Indigenous writers and writers
of color from Minnesota In this significant collection, Indigenous
writers and writers of color bear witness to one of the most
unsettling years in the history of the United States. Essays and
poems vividly reflect and comment on the traumas we endured in
2020, beginning with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis,
deepened by the blatant murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis
police officers and the uprisings that immersed our city into the
epicenter of passionate, worldwide demands for justice. In inspired
and incisive writing these contributors speak unvarnished truths
not only to the original and pernicious racism threaded through the
American experience but also to the deeply personal, in essays
about family, loss, food culture, economic security, and mental
health. Their call and response is united here to rise and be
heard. We Are Meant to Rise lifts up the astonishing variety of
BIPOC writers in Minnesota. From authors with international
reputations to newly emerging voices, it features people from many
cultures, including Indigenous Dakota and Anishinaabe, African
American, Hmong, Somali, Afghani, Lebanese, Korean, Vietnamese,
Japanese, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Mexican, transracial adoptees,
mixed race, and LGBTQ+ perspectives. Most of the contributors have
participated in More Than a Single Story, a popular and insightful
conversation series in Minneapolis that features Indigenous and
people of color speaking on what most concerns their communities.
We Are Meant to Rise meets the events of the day, the year, the
centuries before, again and again, with powerful testament to the
intrinsic and unique value of the human voice. Contributors:
Suleiman Adan, Mary Moore Easter, Louise Erdrich, Anika Fajardo,
Safy-Hallan Farah, Said Farah, Sherrie Fernandez-Williams, Pamela
R. Fletcher Bush, Shannon Gibney, Kathryn Haddad, Tish Jones,
Ezekiel Joubert III, Douglas Kearney, Ed Bok Lee, Ricardo Levins
Morales, Arleta Little, Resmaa Menakem, Tess Montgomery, Ahmad Qais
Munhazim, Melissa Olson, Alexs Pate, Bao Phi, Mona Susan Power,
Samantha Sencer-Mura, Said Shaiye, Erin Sharkey, Sun Yung Shin,
Michael Torres, Diane Wilson, Kao Kalia Yang, and Kevin Yang.
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