Wholesale Just Making

From award-winning author Mitali Perkins comes an essential companion for writers, artists, and other creatives who long for a more just world. Perkins learned that writing fiction wasn't setting aside her passion for a better world but pursuing it. In Just Making, she offers a justice-driven perspective unique among books on creativity. • In conversation with creative guides like Nikki Grimes, Chad Somers, and Carol Aust, Perkins offers ten practices that help creatives keep making • Explores how to make art in a world full of injustice and suffering • Brings together creativity, justice, and faith to inspire makers to keep making art • Includes practices and reflection questions and elevates stories of women makers on the margins • Written by beloved novelist Mitali Perkins on what she has learned during thirty years of making art with a justice focus • Perfect for stationary shops, art stores, or other creative spaces Mitali Perkins is an award-winning author of novels and picture books for young readers, including You Bring the Distant Near; Forward Me Back to You; Rickshaw Girl; and Bamboo People, among others. Her books have been nominated for the National Book Award, have won the South Asia Book Award, and have been listed as Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Born in Kolkata, India, Perkins has lived in India, Ghana, Cameroon, Great Britain, Mexico, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the United States. She lives and writes in the San Francisco Bay Area.