Well, we’ll see what happens in California today. The decision reached by the California Supreme Court today will determine the mood at tonight’s Day of Decision rally hosted by Queer LiberAction at 7pm. UPDATE: The mood will be pissed off! California’s Supreme Court upheld Prop 8 by a vote of 6-1. Thankfully, the [...]
Queer Voltage founder, Christopher Soden, sent this message regarding the Poetry Fundraiser Event, originally scheduled for May 15:
Sadly we must cancel the Poetry Contest Fundraising Event
Unfortunately we were unable to generate enough interest to break even, but next time we’ll be better prepared. Thanks to all of you for your encouragement and support. It may [...]
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Happy Cinco De Mayo! This week, I’m driving around on a windy, overcast Sunday afternoon and have plenty of conversations, especially about this upcoming hotel vote in Dallas. I get a chance to speak with City Council candidate for District 5, Tiffinni Young outside of a polling station in Dallas. Tiffinni is a [...]
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Author and performance poet, Samiya Bashir, talks with me about her new collection of poetry entitled, Gospel, published by Redbone Press. Her previous work, Where the Apple Falls (2005), was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her works have been featured in Essence Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Black Letters Book Review, and Vibe Magazine just [...]
Dallas-based entertainer, Lady B Smoove, and SmooveQ Entertainment brought a nice blend of hip-hop and poetry together on March 20 at the new venue, The Project House, 2607 Walnut Hill, in Dallas. Many special treats throughout the night including Desi music duo, Khayaal, and Houston-based artists, Samantha Levy and Tim’m West. Enjoy the [...]
Austin author, Samiya Bashir, is about to tell you in her own words about Gospel, her new book of sensual, spiritual poetry from Redbone Press.
From the RedBone Press site:
Samiya Bashir is the author of two collections of poetry, Gospel (2009), and Where the Apple Falls, which was a finalist for [...]
Just received a note from friend and Dallas poet, Christopher S. Soden. Christopher and I have spoken before on the podcast about his quest to build an unabashedly queer poetry scene here in Dallas/Ft. Worth (his story is the second one shared in this podcast). Here’s his press release, which discusses the mission [...]
A unique festival for LGBT writers of African/African-American descent is happening this fall in Austin, TX. The event, Fire and Ink III: The Cotillion, will be October 8 – 11th, sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin/Center for African & African American Studies and allgo. I’ve been waiting for this event and [...]
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