2016

Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) / The Map of Sounds & Memories

By Moira Roth. It was the first time that anyone on Earth, including herself, had ever heard the sounds of all the

Business As Usual

By Abigail Carl-Klassen. Pamela Ramsey Taylor faces no repercussions for her racist comments about Michelle Obama.

The Fire This Time

By Fred Dodsworth. A meditation on the illegal, sacred spaces of artists, written after Oakland's Ghost Ship fire.

Self Portrait As A Snowman

By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright. A poem about making magic in the dead of winter.

The Other Congregants

By Lauren Camp. Our tongues hold the cost of awe and all that's left to learn.

What’s the Name of Your Pind?

By Prerna Bakshi. In tracing ancestry, the maternal line can feel radical.

Light Work

By Abigail Carl-Klassen. "Under the law twelve and thirteen year olds are permitted to do light work."

36 Ghosts

By Jan Steckel. The scene of an Oakland warehouse set for fire, while the musicians play on.

The Fight For Our Rivers, Mountains and Forests

By Prerna Bakshi. We belong to nature and environmental activism.

Still I Will Not Wear His Name [AUDIO]

By Emily Ruth Hazel. Less than half of all the arms raised were for him.

Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) / The Map of Sounds & Memories

Business As Usual

The Fire This Time

Self Portrait As A Snowman

The Other Congregants

What’s the Name of Your Pind?

Light Work

36 Ghosts

The Fight For Our Rivers, Mountains and Forests

Still I Will Not Wear His Name [AUDIO]

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