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Cantab
December 16, 2009 from 8pm to 11pm – Cantab Lounge
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Cornelius Street Cafe
December 17, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm – Cornelia Street Cafe
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Poets Out Loud at Fordham University at Fordham University
November 11, 2009 from 7pm to 9:30pm
Tara Betts, Rachel McKibbens and Willie Perdomo read at the Poets Out Loud series on the behalf of Acentos.
- Cornelius Street Cafe on September 6, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm
- Cantab on December 16, 2009 from 8pm to 11pm
- Big Poetry Series at Pete’s Candy Shop on December 4, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
Page Meets Stage at Bowery Poetry Club
September 23, 2009 from 8pm to 10pm
Tara Betts and Major Jackson read together in the Page Meets Stage series hosted by Taylor Mali.
- SEED art Gallery on July 30, 2009 from 8pm to 10pm
- The Return of the Stained Glass Confessional on July 10, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm
Poets Out Loud at Fordham University at Fordham University
November 11, 2009 from 7pm to 9:30pm
Aracelis Girmay, Tara Betts and a third sister affiliated with the Acentos crew will be reading at the Poets Out Loud series.
Tara Betts at Bowery Poetry Club
September 23, 2009 from 8pm to 10pm
Tara Betts & Major Jackson read together in the Page Meets Stage series hosted by Taylor Mali.
- Acentos Writing Workshop on May 31, 2009 from 12pm to 2pm
- Cave Canem Workshop Instructors Read @ The New School on November 5, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
- One Word/Many Voices, Port Chester Fest on May 17, 2009 from 4pm to 7pm
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Author of Arc and Hue (Aquarius Press/Willow Books) to be released in Fall 2009.
- Do You Have A Website?
- www.tarabetts.net
- About Me:
- Tara Betts is a poet, activist, educator, and performer originally from Kankakee, Illinois. A graduate of Loyola University, she received her MFA in Poetry from New England College in 2007. Before publishing "Arc and Hue", she authored two chapbooks, "Can I Hang? and Switch". Her work appears in several anthologies, including "Bum Rush The Page", "The Spoken Word Revolution", and "Gathering Ground". Her work appears in the journals Callaloo, Women Studies Quarterly, African Voices, Ninth Letter, Hanging Loose, Essence and others. Her work was commissioned for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company production "Words on Fire" and the stage adaptations of Fingernails Across a Chalkboard" and "That Takes Ovaries!" Tara performed in two Southwest VDay productions of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" at Chicago's DuSable Museum and Estrogen Fest. In addition, she represented Chicago twice at the National Poetry Slam, and appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam.
As a teaching artist in Chicago, Betts co-founded several initiatives for young women writers, including GirlSpeak (a program of Young Chicago Authors) and the open mic and performance space Women OutLoud, recently revived by Chicago's Insight Arts. Betts serves as a lecturer in creative writing at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, teaches workshops with teens.
- Favorite Books:
- An Exaltation of Forms edited by Annie Finch & Katherine Varnes*The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde*Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan*Sonia Sanchez, Patricia Smith*Yusef Komunyakaa*Toni Morrison*Gwendolyn Brooks* Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston* If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin*Pablo Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets*Julia de Burgos*for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbo is enuf*Lucille Clifton*Collected Poems of Robert Hayden*Alabanza by Martin Espada*Sharon Olds*In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker*The Black Poets edited by Dudley Randall*H.D.'s Trilogy*The Essential Etheridge Knight*The World Is Round by Nikky Finney*Wanda Coleman*Life From Death Row by Mumia Abu Jamal*Assata*Jonathan Livingston Seagull*The Velveteen Rabbit*bell hooks*Willie Perdomo*The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- In Chicago: Myopic Books, Women & Children First, Heritage Books, Quimby's, 57th Street Books.
In NY: Strand Books, Brownstone Books (Brooklyn), Book Court (Brooklyn), Housing Works, forbidden planet.
In Portland, Oregon: Powell's.
In Seattle: Elliot Bay.
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Helpless
Over the Holiday weekend I took a good look at my house and that familiar helples feeling washed over me again. It seemed like an insurmountable task to get the place in order. It still does.I spend so much time writing and promoting after I do my day job, what little time I have left is precious. Still, sometimes I just have to buckle down and ignore my compulsion to write and make myself clean house instead. I tackled the spare bedroom, which had clothes and all kinds of other articles strewn over the bed, on the floor, and anywhere you can think of, compliments of myself and the DH, who were equally guilty. I did make some headway, which made me feel good, but if I had more time I know I could do better. Also, there are so many other projects left to do if I were to get the house really into shape. I'm wondering how much I'll get done before Christmas, when I have my family over.
Maybe over the weekend I can get more done, that is, after I do the Illinois sales tax form first, which is due by the end of the month. I've got almost all of my check statements, except one, which I think I can find online, so maybe I can get that done. You may have guessed I'm not the most organized person in the world.
Anyway, let's see how far I can get cleaning up. I've got this kindle on loan from the library, with about 9 days left on it, and lots of good books on it beckoning to me. I've got some great ideas for stories I want to start and others I want to continue. I've got some blog buddies I haven't visited for a while. I wonder what will win out. (g)
What about you? What do you do about housework? Does it get in the way sometimes?
PS The not so surprising results are up on the left for my EZ poll. I'll have to do a harder one some time.
New Killer Career Excerpt at Acme Authors Link
Hi Gang,Today, I've got a new Killer Career excerpt up at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/ . This one continues from the first excerpt I posted on Monday at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/
If you're curious about my recently released romantic suspense, come on over to one or both blogs to check it out.
Thanks,
Morgan
Time Out for Kindle Reading
Our local library has 8 kindles available for its patrons. The DH and I both got on the waiting list, mainly so I could use one. His number was reached and we picked up the kindle on Sunday afternoon. Now I've got a kindle to read for 2 weeks! So far I'm really loving it, especially the current book I'm reading, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.What about you? Do you own a kindle? Or, have you tried someone else's? Would you like to?
Who's Doing Cyber Monday?
I'm very carefully going to check out the Cyber Monday deals. I have a few items in mind that I plan to buy, but it would be very nice if they'd go on sale and save me some money. I won't be spending much. Can't afford to do so this year.What about you?
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Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.