Our Earth, Our Future

An illustration by Oladosu Michael Emerald titled Our Earth, Our Future, featuring a drawing of a Black man in a broad-brimmed hat and a shirt made of live flowers sitting holding the globe of the earth in his lap. The background is a collage of many newspaper clippings about humanity's relationship with our environment.

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Author: Oladosu Michael Emerald

Oladosu Michael Emerald (he/him) is a writer, artist, and an actor. He is the author of “Every Little Thing That Moves,” an art editor at Surging Tide magazine and editor at MAAR Review. Instructor at The Arnheim Art Gallery, Young Artists Art Hub, and The Anasa Collection. He is the winner of the Off the Limit Art Contest (2024), Sprinng Poetry Contest (2024), Garden Party Collective Neurodivergent Poetry Contest (2025), and Sine Qua Non Inaugural Poetry Prize (2025). He’s works published or forthcoming in Chestnut Review, FIYAH, Lolwe, Temz Review, and elsewhere. He is the Pioneer Fellow of the Muktar Aliyu Art Residency. Follow him on Twitter @garricologist and Instagram @garrycologist.

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