Writing In & Through the Legacy of Black Women Poets Friday, November 3 | 2:45-4:00 pm | Panel 24 Jackson Convention Complex 207/208 “The Theme Song of the Chicago Colored Girl – Singing Along with Mama Gwen” Patricia Smith, Princeton University “Our Grace, Sarcophilous” Duriel E. Harris, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora
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Post Pardon: The Opera | Librettist & Composer Talk (June 23) and Work-in-Progress Showing (June 30)
LIBRETTIST & COMPOSER TALK Friday, June 23, 6:30-8:00pm, Greene Block + Studios, Waterville, Maine. FREE Post Pardon is an opera-in-development that draws on African-diasporic spirituality and folklore to tell the story of Willow, a queer activist confronted with the ghost of her estranged mother who committed murder-suicide. Moderated by director Ellen Sebastian Chang, librettist Arisa
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If you find yourself in Newark, NJ, I will be reading and in conversation with poets from Thursday, Oct 20 – Saturday, Oct 22. There are over eighty poets joining the Festival this year, and you can find the full schedule here: https://www.dodgepoetry.org/festival-events/program/full-schedule/ THURSDAY, OCT 20 9:00-10:00a: Festival Poets Reading with Wendy Barnes, Rochelle Hurt,
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On Sunday, July 31st we will present a work-in-progress libretto reading of “Post Pardon: The Opera.” Adapted from Arisa White’s eponymous poetry chapbook, published by Mouthfeel Press in 2011, “Post Pardon: The Opera” is the transgenerational apology needed to repair a Black woman’s soul. This reading will feature local artists and actors, focusing on the
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The Fugitive Creative: A Practice of Residing in Your Own Humus Soil This generative workshop engages the mind, body, and spirit in mapping out its humus—the “dark organic matter” nourishing your boldest and daring ideas. Led by Arisa White, folx will sift through their fears, inhibitions, and the social expectations that hinder creativity by participating
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The Golden Crown Literary Awards are presented every year during the Annual Conference and recognize excellence in women-loving-women and sapphic literature.
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As the creator of the Beautiful Things Project, Arisa curates poetic collaborations that are rooted in Black queer women’s ways of knowing. She is a Cave Canem fellow and serves on the board of directors for Foglifter and Nomadic Press, as well as the Community Advisory Board for Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Arisa is
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