issue #251 Camille Newsom  is a poet, artist, educator, and land steward who weaves creativity, collaboration, and community-building into her work. She facilitates Offers and Needs markets, writes custom poems for strangers on a manual Smith Corona typewriter, and loves exploring all the nooks and crannies where the meta and mundane meet. LINKS: Linktree Instagram Substack PHYSICAL Selah: A Báyò Akómoláfé Reader   — “When times are urgent, we must slow down.” This book is an essential challenger of all human conditioning, an existential thirst trap, tool, a teacher, a gift. The Zone of Authenticity: Authentic Connection Cards  — This deck of cards has helped me reconnect with my mother and father after years of distance. We spend one hour a month picking cards from the deck, answering the questions, listening to one another, sitting with each other’s unfolding authenticity. It’s playful at times, heavy at times, and an invitation to soften into new shapes of old relationships.…