Revolutions Are Made of Love

Mélina Mangal writes picture books, biographies, and short stories that focus on connections with nature and culture. She is the author of The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just, winner of the Carter G. Woodson Award, Jayden’s Impossible Garden, named One of the Best Children’s Books of the Year by Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature, and the sequel, Jayden’s Secret Ingredient. Mélina also works as a school library media teacher in Minneapolis, spreading book love daily.

신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin is a Korean American poet, fiction writer, nonfiction writer, editor, and educator. Her books include four collections of poetry: The Wet Hex (2022); Unbearable Splendor (2016, Minnesota Book Award winner); Rough, and Savage (2012); and Skirt Full of Black (2006, Asian American Literary Award). Her poetry has been supported with fellowships and grants from the MacDowell Residency, the Archibald Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She lives in Minneapolis near Minnehaha Creek.

Leslie Barlow is an artist living and working on occupied Očeti Šakówin and Wahpekute land now known as Minneapolis, MN. In 2021 Barlow was awarded the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, and in 2019 she was awarded both the McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship and the 20⁄20 Springboard Fellowship. She exhibits her work through the United States including the Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Weisman Art Museum. Barlow currently teaches at the University of Minnesota and leads the Public Functionary Studio Program for emerging artists.