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A custom-bound book. The book is open with the pages open and facing away, displaying the binding and covers, which are shades of brown. The back cover has a flower motif in the center. The middle binding is titled “Retablos of Resistance” and the listed author's name is “Pamela Harris Lawton” above a yellow flower. The front cover, decorated with a floral pattern, reads “Agents of change: artists’ books & prints with a social conscience”.

A mixed-media woodcut and vellum marker collage. The background is a woodcut of a thistle plant with spiky round flowers and sharp leaves. Drawn overtop of it are two blue cancer molecules and two red and gray COVID germ molecules. Collaged overtop throughout the piece are the dictionary definitions for the words thistle, disease, cancer, panic, and racism.

A monochrome woodcut titled “Me the Coffee”. In the center of the piece is a portrait of a mature woman. Lining her portrait on the left are the words “cappuccino” and “expresso” with a steaming coffee cup in between. Lining her portrait on the right are the words “mocha” “cafe au lait” and three coffee beans. Beneath the portrait are the words “When challenges confront you, be the coffee! The hotter the water you find yourself in the stronger you become.” The artwork is bordered by drawings of leaves.