Boxcar and Muses

A couple of annoucements:

* Boxcar Poetry Review has published one of my pieces.
* "Setagaya-ku Haiku" will be appearing in Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women, to be published in the coming months. Pre-publication discounts are available. Check it out!

Three Publications

I'm happy to announce that I have poems in the latest issue of the following journals:

Mizna: Prose, Poetry, and Art Exploring Arab America
The Gay and Lesbian Review
The Drunken Boat (Link is in the left column, under "from the U.S.") I'm particularly pleased to be part of this issue with so many other Kundiman fellows, faculty, and staff.

Enjoy!

Girlsalon Redux

I will be reading again at Girlsalon, along with the lovely An Xiao. Come hear us read fierce girl poetry.

Thursday, December 7th
6:30 pm
The Perch Cafe, Park Slope
365 5th Ave (btw. 5th & 6th Streets)
FREE!

Her Mark 2007 Datebook Now Available

The Her Mark 2007 Datebook from Women Made Gallery in Chicago is out! It's a beautiful book, and I'm very proud to be part of it. The datebook also includes a gorgeous poem by another Kundiman Fellow, Purvi Shah, whose first book, Terrain Tracks, is just out.

Click here to read the poems, see the artwork, and buy it if you are so inclined.

Reading Sept. 16th, Identity House

Join me for an evening of LGBTQ poetry & spoken word at Identity House!

Speaking My Mind
Saturday, September 16th, 7-9pm

The I Gallery
Identity House
39 W. 14th Street, Suite 205
New York, NY 10011
$5-10 suggested donation
www.identityhouse.org/igallery.html

Reading At GirlSalon

I'm a Leo. I love to read my work and be on stage. Come hear me read at GirlSalon next week!

GirlSalon
Thursday, August 24
7 pm
Drama Cafe in Park Slope, Brooklyn
(5th Ave btw. 4th and 5th St)

Summer Poetry Adventures and News

• My poem, "Checkpoint, Fallujah" was recently nominated for Sundress Publication's Best of the Web Anthology by the editors of Triplopia, where it was originally published. We'll see what happens... More info about all that here.

• Another poem, "Setagayaku Haibun" will be published in the 2007 Her Mark Calendar from Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, IL. Ordering info is not yet up on their site, but I'll be sure to post the info when it's available.

• I recently performed at the 2006 Fresh Fruit Festival's Pure Poetry evening - a fun night of great poetry by queer writers. A webpage was created from that evening.

• I also recently performed at Under the Influence, at the Magnet Theater. It was nothing like I'd ever done before. I would read a poem, then a brilliant improv troupe would create sad, funny, wacky scenes inspired by my poem, then I would read another poem, and more scenes were preformed...It went on like this for an hour. If you are apoet, I highly recommend getting in touch with Scott at the Magnet. They are looking for ore published poets, and it's a great experience.

• And finally, at the beginning of July, I spent a wonderful week at VONA, The Voices Summer Workshops for Writers of Color. It was an amazing opportunity to work with and get to know Suheir Hammad, who is a powerhouse of a writer and teacher and a lovely human being. I was thrilled to spend the week connecting and writing with so many talented writers of color. The faculty reading on Thursday night was electric, and the student reading on Friday was powerful and moving.

Welcome!

I will be posting information about my upcoming readings, publications, and other poetry-related information. I might also post some poems now and then, and an occasional random blog, perhaps.

Wonder back here again soon!