Publisher's Synopsis
Poetry. Prose. Art. WHAT MATTERS has been a five year journey culminating in this anthology of poetry, prose and visual art created by young people who have participated in Glide's programs. Glide [Church in San Francisco] is a spiritual home that provides opportunities to empower, educate, liberate and uplift people of all ages, a vision of Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani which began forty years ago -from the Foreword. My skin is kind of brownish/ Pinkish, yellowish, white./ My eyes are grayish, bluish green, / My hair is brownish blackish./ But it's silver when it's wet./ And all the colors I am inside/ have not been ivented yet.-- Colors by Maria Choy, age 9
