[New-Poetry] Tongues Afire -- Call For Writers
Anny Ballardini
anny.ballardini at gmail.com
Sat Sep 6 18:16:26 EDT 2008
I am very sorry for Hillary. That Putaine / ohhh excuse my French!
Anyhow I wanted to direct Judy to a pOm I put on the Corner today by Ed
Mycue:
http://www.fieralingue.it/corner.php?pa=printpage&pid=2445
but the entire list of poems seems interesting to me:
http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=302
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:17 PM, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org> wrote:
> I think Judy's asking for the impossible. No one non-conforms all the time.
> The most nonconforming nonconformist eats, sleeps, propels him/herself
> either with feet or a vehicle, pays bills of some sort, and has sex using
> some variation or another of the same catalog of equipment.
>
> amy king wrote:
>
>> Hmm, I think this is a can of worms and a half. Worms with swords.
>> Maybe the ideal conforming woman is the notion of a sort of 'modern woman'
>> who embraces traditional views of womanhood while giving a pseudo-nod to the
>> progress women have made. Society-in-general can only tolerate so much
>> outside of our familiar & secure comfort zones. Right now, I'm thinking
>> about Sarah Palin. [Turning hand-crank of opener now ...] Off the top of
>> my head, she would be symbolic of a conforming woman, esp versus Hillary
>> Clinton. Palin embraces, no, touts her 'soccer mom' role while also giving
>> nods to 'progress' (she belongs to some right-wing 'feminist' group) for
>> women (her nods resemble that of a pit bull gearing up for the lunge,
>> seeing's how she's a self professed pit bull with lipstick. oh how we do
>> love our aggressive woman images, for fun only though). I mean, she has no
>> problem seeking power, but she's careful to do so under the traditional
>> rubric of what it means to be a woman. She'll get more covert sexist flak
>> than H. Clinton got, for sure. Hillary didn't conform well enough; she
>> didn't even bake cookies and was damned to hell and back for it! Just
>> google image search her name and see what comes up. At least Palin knows
>> what she has to do to make her own kind of selfish progress (i.e. sell out
>> more 'progressive' or 'nonconforming' women for the payout). Conform.
>> Hillary didn't play those cards right (i.e. she's slightly nonconforming in
>> terms of her womanhood-- too many 'male' behaviors like thinking aloud,
>> demanding she be taken seriously, didn't play up her nurturing side, etc --
>> yikes!).
>> Now I'm sitting in the can, wriggling with the worst,
>>
>> Amy
>>
>> _______
>>
>>
>> Movies With Poems
>> http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/movies-with-poetry/
>>
>> Poems To Do
>> http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/
>>
>> Amy's Alias
>> http://amyking.org/
>>
>> --- On *Sat, 9/6/08, Judy Prince /<jbalizsprince at googlemail.com>/* wrote:
>>
>> From: Judy Prince <jbalizsprince at googlemail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Tongues Afire -- Call For Writers
>> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &, Views"
>> <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
>> Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 4:53 PM
>>
>> Good point, Tad. I just don't know. If you're right, I wonder
>> what that translates to in terms of what the nonconforming female
>> actually does each day? I'm trying to imagine the ways in which
>> conforming females behave and then compare that to what a
>> nonconforming female might do. But right now I'd much rather have
>> lunch.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Judy
>>
>> 2008/9/6 TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org
>> <mailto:Opus40-01 at opus40.org>>
>>
>> Wouldn't it be more about non-conforming /to/ the stereotypes
>> of a given gender?
>>
>> Judy Prince wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Amy,
>>
>> Does one have to be queer, trans, gender non-conforming
>> and a person of colour all at the same time in the same
>> body? And what is gender non-conforming? My body seems
>> unlikely to non-conform at this stage of the game, thank
>> goodness. Since "trans" means across or beyond, it's
>> likely that I'll only be trans after I die. More's the
>> pity. On the other hand, being a beyond or across woman
>> sounds positively goddess-like! Should I be able to
>> choose, then, I'd want to be a trans. [BTW, I'm
>> having you on, in case you can't tell.]
>>
>> judyhappened2
>>
>> 2008/9/6 amy king <amyhappens at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:amyhappens at yahoo.com> <mailto:amyhappens at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:amyhappens at yahoo.com>>>
>>
>>
>> Tongues Afire:
>>
>> Creative Writing Workshop for
>>
>> Queer Women, Trans Women and Gender Non Conforming
>>
>> People of Color*
>>
>>
>> *****
>>
>> Workshop Facilitator: R. Erica Doyle
>>
>> WHEN:
>>
>> October 9, 2008 - December 11, 2008
>>
>> Thursdays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
>>
>> WHERE:
>>
>> Audre Lorde Project 85 South Oxford Street
>>
>> Brooklyn, New York 11217**
>>
>> CONTACT:
>>
>> 718.813.7240
>>
>> tonguesafire at gmail.com <mailto:tonguesafire at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:tonguesafire at gmail.com
>> <mailto:tonguesafire at gmail.com>>
>>
>>
>> How much:
>>
>> -FREE-
>>
>> Application Deadline:
>>
>> Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 ***
>>
>>
>> ****************************************************
>>
>> These workshops, led by
>> writer-teacher-performer R.
>> Erica Doyle,
>> are for writers of all levels, and will incorporate
>> readings along
>> with in-class workshop exercises in literary memoir,
>> poetry, and
>> short fiction. Participating writers will develop
>> methods of
>> constructive critique and strategies for incorporating
>> writing in
>> their everyday lives. Information on publication,
>> funding, and
>> reading opportunities will be shared. The workshop
>> will culminate
>> in a public reading at the Audre Lorde Project.
>>
>>
>> *****************************************************
>>
>> How to Apply:
>>
>> Apply via email with the following information
>> to
>> tonguesafire at gmail.com <mailto:tonguesafire at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:tonguesafire at gmail.com
>> <mailto:tonguesafire at gmail.com>>
>>
>>
>> * your contact information,
>>
>> * one paragraph that describes who you are and how you
>> identify as queer woman/gnc person of color (be
>> creative and
>> definitive)
>>
>> * one - two paragraphs for why you want to be a part of
>> Tongues Afire, and
>>
>> * a writing sample (1-3 pages of poetry, prose,
>> fiction, or
>> creative non-fiction)
>>
>> You may send questions to
>> tonguesafire at gmail.com
>> <mailto:tonguesafire at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:tonguesafire at gmail.com
>>
>> <mailto:tonguesafire at gmail.com>> or call 718.813.7240.
>>
>>
>> Space is limited.
>>
>> Application Deadline: Tuesday, September 30th,
>> 2008
>>
>>
>> ******************************************************
>>
>> About the Facilitator:
>>
>> R. Erica Doyle is a writer of Trinidadian descent who
>> lives in New
>> York City. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and
>> anthologies, including Best American Poetry, Ploughshares,
>> Callaloo, Bum Rush the Page, and Ms. Magazine. She has
>> performed
>> her work at the Nuyorican Poets Café, Kennedy Center,
>> Public
>> Theater, St Mark's Poetry Project, Bar 13, Bowery
>> Poetry Club, and
>> the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica. She has
>> taught creative
>> writing workshops at the 14th Street Y, the Brooklyn Public
>> Library, Union Settlement, Sisterspace and Books, and
>> in the New
>> York City public schools. She is the recipient of
>> awards and
>> fellowships from the Hurston/Wright and Astraea
>> Foundations and
>> the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a fellow
>> of Cave
>> Canem, a workshop and retreat for African-American poets.
>>
>>
>> ***********************************************
>>
>> More Information:
>>
>> * Anyone who identifies as a woman of color is welcome,
>> including
>> people of color who self-identify as women, trans,
>> butch lesbians,
>> bois, drag queens, bi-gendered, two-spirited, drag
>> kings, femme
>> queens, A.G.s, genderqueer, non-gendered, andro,
>> crossdressers,
>> gender-benders, gender fluid as well as other identities of
>> peoples who face gender oppression because of their
>> non-conventional gender expression.
>>
>> ** Directions: C train to Lafayette Avenue; G
>> train to
>> Fulton
>> Street; 2, 3, 4, 5, B, Q, D, M, N, R to Atlantic
>> Avenue/Pacific
>> Street)
>>
>> ***All applicants will be notified by Monday,
>> October
>> 6th. Accepted applicants must confirm their attendance
>> upon notification.
>>
>> Tongues Afire is made possible by support from
>> the
>> Audre Lorde
>> Project. This event is funded in part by Poets and
>> Writers, Inc.
>>
>>
>>
>> _______
>>
>>
>> Movies With Poems
>> http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/movies-with-poetry/
>>
>> Poems To Do
>>
>> http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/
>>
>> Amy's Alias
>> http://amyking.org/
>>
>>
>>
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>> The moral is this: in American verse,
>> The better you are, the pay is worse.
>> --Corey Ford
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> --
> Tad Richards
> http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/
> http://opusforty.blogspot.com/
>
> The moral is this: in American verse,
> The better you are, the pay is worse.
> --Corey Ford
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http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
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I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
star!
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