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Rhymes, Views & News Talk Radio is all NEW on Sunday, April 15, 2012 featuring poet and author PATRICIA SPEARS JONES !  APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!    The interview will air live at 5pm EST.  Listen live or call-in to join the conversation at 646-716-9474.  Patricia Spears Jones is an award winning poet, professor, and author of Swimming to America (2011) from Red Glass Books; Painkiller (2010) and Femme du Monde (2006) from Tia Chucha Press and The Weather That Kills (1995) Coffee House Press; Swimming to America; Repuestas! and Mythologizing Always, chapbooks.  She resides in New York.  Visit her website at http://www.patriciaspearsjones.com

Poet Monica A. Hand - Author of me and Nina 02/19 by DuEwa Frazier | Blog Talk Radio

  New York City Book Launch  for me and Nina by Monica A. Hand Friday, February 10, 2012 Time : 6:30pm until 9:30pm Where:   Cave Canem 20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A Brooklyn, NY Celebrate the launch of Cave Canem fellow Monica Hand's debut collection, me & Nina ( Alice James Books , 2012), winner of the 2010 Kinereth Gensler Award and lauded by Elizabeth Alexander as a "moving, deeply satisfying, and unforgettable book."  Tara Thierry will be performing with Monica A Hand. $5-10 suggested donation. Wheelchair accessible.

Kelly Starling Lyon s , author of One Million Men and Me (Just Us Books, Inc.) and Eddie's Ordeal (Jus t Us Books, Inc.) has a new book.  Read the below description and check out the book trailer! Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons Hardcover Picture Book Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons (Jan. 5, 2012) Illustrated by Daniel Minter  Ellen always knew the broom resting above the hearth was special. But after it’s announced in church that the marriages of former slaves will be registered, she hears more about why it matters so much. For her mama and papa, who could be sold away at a master's whim and whose union had no legal protection, jumping the broom was a way to show their commitment to being husband and wife. Now, as the whole family travels to the courthouse dressed in their best, Ellen carries the broom with them. With love, ingenuity and pride, she finds a way to celebrate her parents' right to be legally married and remember t...

  Cave Canem Workshops in Brooklyn Now accepting applications for our spring poetry workshops. Admission is free! Poetry Conversations with Kamilah Aisha Moon Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm February 22, March 4 - April 18 Cave Canem / DUMBO, Brooklyn An open-enrollment workshop for poets of color at the early-to-intermediate stage of their writing enterprise. Participants will experiment with new ways of approaching the page through in-class writing exercises and prompts. Deadline to Apply: February 1 Details & Application Guidelines || Apply Online Writing across Cultures with John Murillo Mondays, 6-9 pm March 19 - April 9; April 23 - May 14 Cave Canem / DUMBO, Brooklyn In this workshop, poets of color & Arab American poets will focus on content and worldview, reading across cultures in order to enact a paradigm shift that may open participants to new risks and realms in their writing. Deadline to Apply: February 15 Details...

Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 6pm The Park Slope Food Coop’s Wordsprouts Reading Series Featuring Author & Poet, DuEwa Frazier   The Park Slope Food Coop Meeting Room 782 Union Street, Brooklyn 11215 (btw 6th and 7th Aves) (718) 622-0560 Co-curators Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso Free and open to the public Join award nominated poet, author and educator DuEwa Frazier for an evening of poetry! DuEwa will read from her latest book, Ten Marbles and a Bag to Put Them In: Poems for Children and facilitate a poetry workshop for children. Books will be available for parents and educators. All children are welcome. The poetry activities are geared toward ages 4-11. About the Author DuEwa Frazier is a poet, performance artist, speaker, author, educator and cultural organizer. She earned the M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing at The New School and the M.Ed. degree in Curriculum and Teaching at Fordham University . DuEwa has taught both youth and adults in the area...

  A Storm Called Katrina by Myron Uhlberg tells the story of 10-year old Louis Daniel through his personal account of how his family survived Hurricane Katrina.  This is a great story to share with all children. Teachers will be able to use it in the classroom to discuss tragedy, the affect natural disasters have on people, and how children can become resilient even when facing difficulties.  Adults who were directly affected by Katrina, may be inspired to document their stories and help children do the same.  The events of Hurricane Katrina have so many angles that can be studied and discussed.  It's nice to see a children's book that brings a troubling part of history to light, in a way that children can access and understand. Read the New York Times review of A Storm ...