March: Culture Care
For March Book Club, Jenna Brack will lead the discussion for the book Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life by Makoto Fujimura. Even if you haven’t read the book, come and join us!
About Jenna.
Jenna Brack is a writer, teacher, and celebrator of the arts. She currently owns a small writing and editing business, through which she enjoys encouraging other writers. Her creative work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fathom, Every Day Poems, Coffee + Crumbs, The Sunlight Press, Mothers Always Write, and others. She holds an M.A. in English (Composition, Rhetoric, and Literature) from Kansas State University and lives with her husband, Brad, and their two children near downtown Kansas City. Visit her at her website or here on IG.
Why are you excited about this book?
In a season of despair in my own life, Makoto Fujimura’s words and thinking brought me hope. Fujimura sees the arts as a pathway to beauty and healing, even (especially!) in places where everything feels broken. Culture Care speaks to our current moment of division and polarization by encouraging us to seek the common good and give generously through our work. I’m excited to apply the concept of culture care specifically to our role as mothers and artists, and to discuss the practical tips Fujimura offers.