The winner of our second book contest, The Sacred Text of Rosa Who is Great—written by Emme Lund and illustrated by Stello Peach—is out now!
“I’m always fighting with someone or fighting for something. I am fighting the evictions that are happening at an alarming rate in San Francisco. I am fighting as an artist and as a member of my community. I’m not a very happy person these days. On rare occasions, I get packages in the mail. I received this tiny little book in the mail full of colorful illustrations and beautifully crafted sentences. It made me happy for a minute. I devoured its words and in doing so, I stumbled upon a little sentence that reminded me of my sadness. “To be happy is to be unaware.” Thank you [Ms.] Lund for this seemingly simple reminder and thank you for this book. It is a necessary read.”
— Truong Tran
“If it’s true that “gods need to speak to us in the middle of the day” and so they will “push us into sleep, forcing us into naps or quick dozes at the table,” then The Sacred Text of Rosa Who Is Great might well be the moment before waking. Urgently manifesting as media & medium, [Emme] Lund & Stelleaux Peach have offered up the greatest gift: a vivid prophecy in dream, remembered.”
— Meg Day
“I have been looking for this book for years! Against every modern trend: a brilliant, old-world, handmade piece of magic.”
— Andrew Sean Greer
Emme Lund lives and writes in Portland, OR. She is available for interviews, readings and other events. You can reach her at Lund.Emme[at]gmail.com.
Stelleo Peach lives, loves, and creates in the in-between. A musician as well as visual artist, their work focuses on gender, the shape of the universe, magic, the natural world, and the unseen. Stello lives and works in Portland, Oregon.