From author Mitali Perkins comes an essential companion for creatives who long for a more just world. Why should we keep making art while injustice wreaks havoc? Full of vivid stories, practices gleaned from artists living at the margins, and reflection questions, Just Making will inspire and equip you to keep making beauty in a broken world.

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.