Saint Paul Almanac: Resistance and Resilience, Volume 12! Book Release Party

September 23, 2019

Saint Paul Almanac: Resistance and Resilience, Volume 12 Book Release Party! Wednesday, September 18, 7:30 p.m. Securian Financial Club at CHS Field 360 Broadway Street Saint Paul, MN 55101 The

Art by Demont Peekaso Pinder

I Wish

By Allysza Castile ● September 16, 2019

Last night I woke up out my sleep and I cried for you. I tried to hold it in, but my tears just flowed like an endless river that would

West Saint Paul

By Roberto Sande Carmona ● September 16, 2019

Tengo un headache. Maybe it’s the combinación de lenguas en my head, on the billboards (espectaculares, dice mi abi), y en las conversations of people pasando por Cesar Chavez Street.

Art by Demont Peekaso Pinder

Survive These Evil Fates

By Valerie Castile ● September 15, 2019

Children are a gift from God, a small, innocent replica of ourselves. Our job as parents is to love, nurture, protect, and teach, to bring forth the great qualities of

Art by Christopher E. Harrison

Pet

By Kurt Schultz ● September 14, 2019

Kinda clammy, kinda wet, the goldfish kinda needs a vet. A little pale and looking ill, the doctor thinks she needs some pills. The pills won’t do, get a knife,

Art by Ta-coumba Aiken

When Words Are Not Enough

By Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen ● September 13, 2019

For Philando Castile, his family, and our community He was no one to me, but never no body Yet in an instant he became every body Every body sacrificed Every

Art by Moriah Pratt

Philando Castile

By Norita Dittberner-Jax ● September 13, 2019

In that Cathedral atop the highest hill in Saint Paul, we gathered for Philando. He came on a white catafalque drawn by horses, his coffin carried up the hill by