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The Estate Project

Every day is really World AIDS Day....but, in honor of December 1st as the World AIDS Day and in honor of the world's artists, I'm posting a link to The Estate Project, an effort whose work is, among other things, to preserve the cultural legacies of the "AIDS crisis" and to assist all artists with estate planning, especially those who are living with HIV/AIDS. This is a beautiful site--inspiring really-- featuring a registry of artists living with HIV, links to the works of artists, calls for materials, archival information, publications, and links to sites such as the visual aid site mentioned above.

This year the focus is on women and girls living with HIV
: International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)
: Advocates for Youth.

Making Light: Slushkiller

During her talk at ALLGO, while she was in town for sharon's love conjure/blues, Lisa C. Moore of Redbone Press referred to this great piece, Making Light: Slushkiller, on Teresa Nielsen Hayden's blog.

It's a must read for all writers who've ever feared or experienced rejection of their manuscripts.

Added 2 December 2004:  Discussions during the workshop also included  who owns the media and  the estates of writers. Two good sites on these topics are PBS' "Merchants of Cool" and The Estate Project.

surviving the battles, shaping our worlds

surviving the battles, shaping our worlds
A tribute to Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa

When: Friday, October 22, 2004 and Saturday, October 23, 2004
Where: Texas Student Union [at The University of Texas]
& ALLGO’s Tillery Street Theatre [701 Tillery Street]
Cost: FREE and OPEN to the public
Tribute Contact: JoAnne Reyes-Boitel (ALLGO)
512.472.2001/joanneATallgo.org
Media Contact: Ana Ixchel Rosal @ Interim Gender & Sexuality Center, UT Austin
512.232.4680/anaixchelrosalATmail.utexas.edu
[to email, please replace AT with @]

Austin, TX—In collaboration with community leaders, academics, students and artists, the tribute for Gloria Anzaldúa, surviving the battles, shaping our worlds, will take place October 22 & 23, 2004. Gloria Anzaldúa is best known for her landmark book Borderlands/La Frontera, which was significant in furthering Chicana lesbian critical studies.

surviving the battles, shaping our world will honor Anzaldúa's scholarship, writing and poetry within “new mestiza” and borderlands theory, and the ways she weaves these strands together. The tribute will honor her encouragement of other intellectuals, equally valuing those in academia and those doing other kinds of work (creative, intellectual, activist), her writing about sexuality, her brave enunciation of things that needed to be said, her status as an out lesbian, as well her influence in the visual arts, performance, and many other forms of activism.

The one and only, sharon bridgforth, will be doing a reading/book signing of

/love conjure/blues/

at bookwoman on wednesday, oct. 13 at 7pm (see below).

sharon will also read excerpts from her work in two new anthologies:

:: N/ew Monologues for Women by Women
Heinemann (tba) liz engelman and tori haring-smith, editors

:: Is This Forever, Or What?: Poems and Paintings from Texas
Naomi Shihab Nye, Editor.
2004 Greenwillow Books

Please join us if you can.

BookWoman
918 West 12th Street
Austin Texas 78703
www.ebookwoman.com
512 472-2785

Texas' only feminist bookstore, serving the women's community for over 25 years.

______________________
From Lisa C. Moore, of Redbone Press:

Sharon Bridgforth's new
novel, love conjure/blues.

the books are on their way to my distributor, and then to bookstores.
you can order directly from RedBone Press, or request the
books from your local bookseller. just print off the
pdf and hand it to the bookstore staff, and they'll
know how to order from there.

books are $14 plus $2.50 shipping if ordered directly
from RedBone Press:

RedBone Press
P.O. Box 15571
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 667-0392 phone
redbonepressATyahoo.com

Download LCBPRESS.pdf
NOTE: Requires Adobe PDF Reader. Accessible, text-only pdf reader also available for screen readers.

www.sharonbridgforth.com | About Lisa C. Moore/ Redbone Press on Femme Noir |Is This Forever, Or What? | New Monologues for Women

ALLGO October 29-30 :: Anzaldua | mermaidhips | Dia de los Muertos

CELEBRATING GLORIA

Friday, October 29, 2004 7:30 pm
ALLGO remembers Gloria Anzaldúa
local artists read Gloria’s work
in tribute to her influence/life/creativity

@ Resistencia Bookstore
1801-A S. First Street @ West Annie
512.416.8885
NO ADMISSION FEE

Map: tinyurl.com/6k6jf
_____________

mermaidhips: living on the edge of time
ANA SISNETT

Saturday, October 30, 2004 11am-1pm

This talk will take place in ALLGO'S OFFICES IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM
701 Tillery Street Suite 1 (enter through the front of the building)

“my story
research text imagery talk erotica death
middle passage mermaids mangos home
your story
lgbt guandu mysteries peace Caribbean fear myth
lo que me de la gana migrations water spirits art love family
writing my body/my country
our stories
up close and personal.”

SISNETT is a: mango-lovin' writer, visual artist, still Black,
Ashley's grandma, over 50, Panamanian,
mistaken for other dreadlocked women in Austin, TX.

Part of ALLGO's "With our Mouths Open" series
NO ADMISSION FEE
__________

Join us as we
Honor Spirit at ALLGO’s DAY OF THE DEAD Celebration
October 30, 2004 7PM
ALLGO's Tillery Street Theatre
701 Tilllery Austin, TX 78702
(for directions go to: www.allgo.org)

Invocation by Raúl Salinas
Spoken Word Offerings by:
Ana Sisnett
Daniel Alexander Jones
JoAnne Reyes-Boitel
Closing/Blessing by Rose Twofeathers

THIS EVENING WILL HOUSE
Special Altars for Gloria Anzaldúa and other beloved community members

NO ADMISSION FEE

If you are interested in creating an altar for this event contact:
512.472-2001 OR
joanneATallgo.org or

For event information contact:
512.472-2001 ext. 106 OR
sharonATsharonbridgforth.com

NOTE: To send emails, please replace AT with @

Texas Poets October 5, 2004 8-9pm

New Finding Voice air day and time!

Radio Caracol,
on 91.7 FM KVRX (Austin),
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5th
8-9 pm

The show will feature a variety of Texas poets, sponsored/recorded at ALLGO,
featuring:

:: Bianca Flores

: Tommy Mendez
:: grew up in the middle of midwestern farm country, lacking both culture and community. He has been discovering himself and the world around him ever since.

: Marcos Andres Flores

: Joanne Reyes-Boitel
:: JoAnne Reyes-Boitel - poet and writer - queer - woman-loving-woman - cubanachicana mezcla - mother to a child with a mind like a country - wife to a beautiful, natural macha intellectual - work-allgo y lupearte - cultural worker - working class graphics designer - music researcher - realizada.

:: Enrique Cabrera

You can hear Finding Voice on 91.7 KVRX Austin or on
the web at www.kvrx.org or at
www.findingvoice.org

next up on the Finding Voice Radio Show (date tba) will be...
AMALGAM POETS recorded LIVE AT RESISTENCIA BOOKSTORE curated by SHIA SHABAZZ BARNETT
FEATURING:
Rajasvini Bhansali
Monique Cortez (M.D.)
Virginia Grise
Adrian Matejka
Carole Metellus
KT Shorb

Resistencia Bookstore is now an Austin wireless hotspot. It is located at the southeast corner of South First and West Annie.

Bios of the artists, info on the next shows and all-around catching up very, very soon.....It's been a whirlwind for the Blog Diva and the Finding Voice team. And, the year ain't even over yet....

Rememberin' June Jordan

From sharon bridgforth:

This will be a wonderful opportunity for us as a community to not only celebrate JUNE JORDAN’S Life
but to send rajasvini and dawn off on their travels to India and Kenya with poetry and love.

REMEMBERIN' JUNE JORDAN is a spoken word birthday commemoration curated by
local poet/activist, Rajasvini Bhansali.

The program includes local artists/writers honoring the
life and work of poet June Jordan, who died in 2002 at age 65, by reading
from her writings.

As one of the most widely published African-American
writers, Jordan provided a constant challenge to oppression.

The event is also a fundraiser for Red Salmon Arts, and definitely recommended. Fri.,
July 9, 7pm. Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A S. First, 416-8885. $5.