Dialogue Fireside #8 w/Marlena Wilding
May 19, 2021[…] Born and raised in Utah County in the Latter Day Saints Faith, in one of the few black families in the state, Marlena brings a unique perspective to her work. Wilding received her B.A. […]
[…] Born and raised in Utah County in the Latter Day Saints Faith, in one of the few black families in the state, Marlena brings a unique perspective to her work. Wilding received her B.A. […]
[…] I hesitated, then blurted out that I “thought” I was seeing a single white star on a black background, but could not be sure because the star “wanted to split.” I sounded insane. Did […]
[…] empires lash out in fear and fury, misery festers in cages along the borders of nations, and Black and Asian bodies are gunned down in the streets by police and citizens alike with little […]
[…] raging in Australia and the American West, the perpetuation of state-sanctioned violence against people of color, the Black Lives Matter protests, the (first) impeachment of Donald Trump, and the attendant conspiracy theories surrounding all […]
[…] sat on the green shore, Watching my star waste into himself, A weak echo reduced to empty black holes? IV. The truth, they conveniently forgot to tell. I saw it with glasses on, only […]
[…] the archangel Michael, holding a flaming sword. God himself is seated in the judge’s seat—instead of a black robe as in a human courtroom, he wears a holy robe of purest white. I picture […]
[…] helping excited kids learn their parts. I was just seven years old, a small girl with waist-length black hair wearing a paper feather and headband. As I looked around at the other children, I […]
[…] BYU Committee on Race, Equity, and Belonging shared a report that acknowledges the need to better support Black, Indigenous, and people of color on campus, and I hope to see the university follow their […]
Taipei, ’97. I walk past side-street vendors selling lychee nuts and black rice cakes, to an acre of bare dirt, concrete pylons lifting a cloverleaf. A grizzled man by a beat-up Buick throws gobbets […]