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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.
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- 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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Come on Over
I'm over at a few other blogs today. If you get a chance, come on over to see the Christmas Decorations at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/At http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/ the topic is Spoiled Milk. Ever sit down to read a good book and been disappointed?
If you haven't yet, check out the post below about the Paper War.
Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Paper War
I've been waging a war on paper the last few days. So far, paper is winning. The more I clean up, the more of it I find. The problem is, for much of it, I feel an obligation to do a thorough examination and decide whether or not it's worth keeping.The mailperson is my enemy. He, sometimes she, keeps leaving more paper in my mail box. I'm not talking about my Christmas cards, which I cherish, but all the other stuff dropped off for me to sort out. At times it's torture to come home and see the new pile the DH has set on the kitchen table.
I've discovered tons of magazines over a year old. They were trying to hide in a magazine holder on the side of the couch, but not doing a good job of it, since they were spilling over. Of course, I decided to check the headings on the covers to see if some of the information inside might prove valuable. Wouldn't you know it, I was right. Many articles seemed to good to give up.
I've already mentioned here before about how I also have a compulsion to print out emails that seem important to me. The result is I have lots of important pieces of paper. When there's an abundance, which is the most important? And, where's the one I really need? It is a quandary.
What about you? Is paper your enemy? Are you also waging a war against it? Who is winning?
Library Displays - See Make Mine Mystery Monday
Have you tried a library display? If you want to see mine, come on over to Make Mine Mystery on Monday.Thanks,
Morgan
Christmas Card Blues Is Up at Un:Bound Today
Hi Gang,I've written a short Christmas story which is being featured at Un:Bound today.
You may be able to relate to some of it.
I'd appreciate your going over to look and leave a comment.
Thanks,
Morgan
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So finally we reach this years " Christmas Story" I hope you all enjoy it.
The night was hot and steamy, too hot, too sticky and too not like Christmas for the soldier that lay trying to get some rest before going on duty, in the non air-condition…
It is the Christmas Season. We are hurrying from place to place, fighting huge crowds nearly everywhere we go, and we are all enjoying the carols sung and played on the radio while stuck in traffic. We are all determining the best Christmas gift to…
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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.