By Vanessa East How Dare We! Write: A Multicultural Creative Writing Discourse, edited by Sherry Quan Lee, is a collection of essays from the pens of twenty-four Minnesota-connected writers of
Dear Relatives, Colleagues, Friends, and Supporters, I am thrilled to write this message as the new Executive Director of the East Side Freedom Library. I first want to extend my
Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Kin, This is the final blog we will be writing for ESFL’s twice-monthly e-newsletter (if you’re not subscribed, you can sign up here). In the future you
By Katherine Grimm One of the goals of the East Side Freedom Library is to place the past and the present in conversation with each other. As a summer collaborator
By Tom O’Connell “A small ramp built into the curb of a sidewalk to make it easier for people using strollers or wheelchairs to pass from the sidewalk to the
By Naci Konar-Steenberg I love reading books that were written a long time ago. Books like The Great Gatsby, 1984 and Flatland, even though their subject matters are all over the place, grab my interest
By Taous Claire Khazem Alice Zeniter’s novel The Art of Losing tells the story of Naïma, a gallery curator who returns to her father’s native Algeria that he left as a child
By Lisa Albrecht June 2022 In the U.S., “we” (the government/people in power/elected officials…many of whom often buy their victories) pick certain months of the year to “celebrate” the peoples
By Ben Werner Saint Paul’s renter population makes up half of all residents, and a majority of households of color are renters. Yet, renters are at a disadvantage when it
By Maxwell Yang During the winter of 2022, I had the opportunity to work with the East Side Freedom Library as a means of giving back to my community. The