Revolutions Are Made of Love
Age 7+
Annuals Poetry, Anthologies, Children's & Young Adult Poetry
A revolutionary poetry collection that introduces readers to the lives and ideas of civil rights and labor activists James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs
Revolutions are made out of love for people and for place. This was a core belief of activists and married couple James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs. From their home in Detroit, Michigan, they thought, fought, and taught together to make the world a better place for all. Their wide-ranging activism spanned the second half of the twentieth century, including civil rights as well as labor unions.
Authors Sun Yung Shin and Mélina Mangal present the lives and ideas of James and Grace in an inspiring collection of paired poems with bold mixed-media artwork by debut picture book illustrator Leslie Barlow.
Creators
Mélina Mangal is an author and school library teacher. She first learned of Ernest Everett Just from a colouring sheet given out during a Black History Month event at her daughter's school. She lives with her family in Minnesota.
Sun Yung Shin is a Korean American poet, fiction writer, nonfiction writer, editor, and educator. Her books include four collections of poetry. She lives in Minneapolis near Minnehaha Creek.
Leslie Barlow is an artist living and working on occupied Oceti Šakówin and Wahpekute land now known as Minneapolis, MN. She exhibits her work through the United States and currently teaches at the University of Minnesota and leads the Public Functionary Studio Program for emerging artists.
