OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Hinchas de Poesia—an online digital codex dedicated to modern Pan-American writing—is now soliciting submissions for its Fall 2010 issue. Hinchas seeks to publish innovative, experimental work of a devastating caliber, regardless of format, medium, or language. Please send us work that you are unsure about, using language that belies the contours of a nameless gloss. Submissions will heretofore be regarded as poetry,fiction, poetry in translation, non-fiction, and photography and painting.
To date, Hinchas de Poesia has generated substantial interest with over 7,500 visitors interacting with our website, at an average of at least 55 visitors per month. Our online issues are released quarterly and Hinchas Press, an imprint dedicated to publishing chapbooks, has seen its roster of releases grow from the initial four titles at the time of our inception to our current stable of seven titles with four more forthcoming, including Compound Memorandum, an illustrated short story of an American reporter that takes a job in Baghdad and misappropriates funds for an Iraqi secretary named after mirages, as well as Odas a Futbolistas, an anthology of soccer poems dedicated to the heroes of the beautiful game.
Our reading period for our fall issue will run from June 15th, 2010 until July 31, 2010. Multiple submissions are permitted but please do inform us if your work has been accepted elsewhere.
To submit electronically email your text as an attachment in .doc or .pdf format to: hinchasdpoesia@gmail.com. To submit images electronically, please follow these requirements: 2400pixels wide (high res) at 72 dpi. To ensure compatibility, please only attach images as .jpegs. Attachments should be no larger than 24 MBs.If you are sending multiple images that exceed this capacity, then please send images separately.
http://www.hinchasdepoesia.com
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Call for Submissions: Kritika Kultura Anthology of New Philippine Writing
From the Asia Writes blog:
Contributions are now welcome for the first special exclusively literary issue of Kritika Kultura, the international online journal of language, literary and cultural studies published by the Department of English of Ateneo de Manila University. This issue is intended to be an anthology of new Philippine writing.
The Philippine literary community has a relatively longstanding tradition of releasing anthologies focusing on young writers. However, it can be gleaned that the notion of the “new” remains unarticulated, as recent anthologies simply focus on the “young,” and what becomes apparent is the persistent maintenance of an aesthetics solidified in various creative writing institutions and workshops, a notion that is rapidly rendered inaccurate by a healthy production of writing that these anthologies do not include.
What this issue of Kritika Kultura intends to accomplish is to represent the kind of writing that is rarely published, the kind that is not often legitimized by mainstream publications. The kind of writing that we, as editors, can confidently call “new.”
Read more.
Contributions are now welcome for the first special exclusively literary issue of Kritika Kultura, the international online journal of language, literary and cultural studies published by the Department of English of Ateneo de Manila University. This issue is intended to be an anthology of new Philippine writing.
The Philippine literary community has a relatively longstanding tradition of releasing anthologies focusing on young writers. However, it can be gleaned that the notion of the “new” remains unarticulated, as recent anthologies simply focus on the “young,” and what becomes apparent is the persistent maintenance of an aesthetics solidified in various creative writing institutions and workshops, a notion that is rapidly rendered inaccurate by a healthy production of writing that these anthologies do not include.
What this issue of Kritika Kultura intends to accomplish is to represent the kind of writing that is rarely published, the kind that is not often legitimized by mainstream publications. The kind of writing that we, as editors, can confidently call “new.”
Read more.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Media, arts & prose are on mind of boro's poet
From http://www.nydailynews.com
Media, arts & prose are on mind of boro's poet
BY Leigh Remizowski
Tuesday, June 29th 2010, 10:18 AM
THE WORDSMITH who was recently named Queens' newest poet laureate plans on spending much of his time in the honorary position debunking notions that poetry and technology don't mix.
By fusing multimedia platforms like film and the Internet with words, Sunnyside resident Paolo Javier said, he hopes to make poetry more accessible to the borough's aspiring writers.
"It's a shame that more people aren't comfortable with talking about poetry," he said.
Javier, a native of the Philippines, was chosen from a pool of more than 20 poets from across Queens as the borough's fifth poet laureate - a three-year nonsalaried position.
"Paolo is a wonderful choice for poet laureate," said Borough President Helen Marshall, who reviewed the candidates chosen by a panel of judges.
"He characterizes himself as an interdisciplinary poet, and that will help him as he fulfills his ideas about how to engage our borough's youth through multimedia platforms," she said.
Javier, 35, plans to begin his tenure by organizing workshops that will teach writers not only how to craft poems, but how to combine them with audio and video components. He will draw from his experience as creator and editor of an online poetry journal, 2nd Avenue Poetry, as well as his stints in the film industry, theater and journalism.
Media, arts & prose are on mind of boro's poet
BY Leigh Remizowski
Tuesday, June 29th 2010, 10:18 AM
THE WORDSMITH who was recently named Queens' newest poet laureate plans on spending much of his time in the honorary position debunking notions that poetry and technology don't mix.
By fusing multimedia platforms like film and the Internet with words, Sunnyside resident Paolo Javier said, he hopes to make poetry more accessible to the borough's aspiring writers.
"It's a shame that more people aren't comfortable with talking about poetry," he said.
Javier, a native of the Philippines, was chosen from a pool of more than 20 poets from across Queens as the borough's fifth poet laureate - a three-year nonsalaried position.
"Paolo is a wonderful choice for poet laureate," said Borough President Helen Marshall, who reviewed the candidates chosen by a panel of judges.
"He characterizes himself as an interdisciplinary poet, and that will help him as he fulfills his ideas about how to engage our borough's youth through multimedia platforms," she said.
Javier, 35, plans to begin his tenure by organizing workshops that will teach writers not only how to craft poems, but how to combine them with audio and video components. He will draw from his experience as creator and editor of an online poetry journal, 2nd Avenue Poetry, as well as his stints in the film industry, theater and journalism.
Review: Brilliante Mendoza, 'Serbis' (2008)
Reviewed by Allen Gaborro for FILAMSTAR 06/25/2010:
When Brillante Mendoza’s movie “Serbis” first came out in 2008, I was urged by everyone to watch it ASAP. Part of the widespread enthusiasm for the movie came from how vividly and intensely it portrayed life in the Philippines from a different perspective than what Filipinos are accustomed to seeing in mainstream Philippine cinema. For once, how exotic and passionate Filipino social and sexual behavior looked in a film that was not dulled by the predictability and familiarity of other conventional Filipino movies.
It didn’t hurt either that “Serbis” was nominated for the prestigious Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Such was the hubbub surrounding the movie at the time that I chose not to watch it until the hype died down. Since I was afraid of getting caught up in the international clamor over the film and therefore risk losing my objectivity over it, I decided to wait awhile before viewing it for review.
I didn’t exactly plan on waiting almost two years to see it, but the wait was worth it. Distanced from the cinematic din created by Mendoza’s film, I was able to view “Serbis” without prejudice or presupposition. So what did I think about it? Well, the movie did not blast my mind, nor did it quite melt into either my conscience or consciousness. This is not to say that I found the hype about “Serbis” just that: hype.
When Brillante Mendoza’s movie “Serbis” first came out in 2008, I was urged by everyone to watch it ASAP. Part of the widespread enthusiasm for the movie came from how vividly and intensely it portrayed life in the Philippines from a different perspective than what Filipinos are accustomed to seeing in mainstream Philippine cinema. For once, how exotic and passionate Filipino social and sexual behavior looked in a film that was not dulled by the predictability and familiarity of other conventional Filipino movies.
It didn’t hurt either that “Serbis” was nominated for the prestigious Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Such was the hubbub surrounding the movie at the time that I chose not to watch it until the hype died down. Since I was afraid of getting caught up in the international clamor over the film and therefore risk losing my objectivity over it, I decided to wait awhile before viewing it for review.
I didn’t exactly plan on waiting almost two years to see it, but the wait was worth it. Distanced from the cinematic din created by Mendoza’s film, I was able to view “Serbis” without prejudice or presupposition. So what did I think about it? Well, the movie did not blast my mind, nor did it quite melt into either my conscience or consciousness. This is not to say that I found the hype about “Serbis” just that: hype.
07/02 - 07/03/2010: Kultura Philippine Folk Arts: Dance, Rhythm and Harmony - Mabuhay! (Hollywood)
Date: Friday, July 2, 2010 & Saturday, July 3, 2010
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: John Anson Ford Theatres
Address: 2580 Cahuenga Boulevard, East ,
Hollywood , CA 90068
Accessibility: Wheel Chair Access, Hearing Devices Available
Tickets: $48 - $65 VIP & Group rates available
Reserved seating
Phone: (323) 461-3673
Website: fordtheatres.org/en/events/details/id/76
Description: Movement and Music are the heart of Filipino life and three L.A. performing groups capture its essential beat. The Diamond Award-winning Kultura Philippine Folks Arts dance company, known for showcasing the islands ingenious character on an impressive scale (L.A.Times), performs with the Philippine Chamber Singers and, for the first time, the Filipino-American Symphony Orchestra. Illuminating the brew of Western and Asian influences that shaped Philippine culture from tribal rituals to techno dance, native chants to jazz they embody Mabuhay! Love! Long Live! Presented by Kultura Philippine Folk Arts.
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Contact: Zen Lopez 818.307.0177 Zenlopez@aol.com
07/05/2010: The Impostor Slam featuring Ed Menchavez (New York)
From louderARTS:
Impostor Slam - featuring Ed Menchavez
Monday, Jul 5, 2010 7:30
Bar 13 - New York
Slam the work of another poet tonight. You must cover the same poet for the entire slam.
Bar 13
35 East 13th Street
New York
Ed Menchavez was born in the Philippines, son to a gamecock farmer. Nominated for the Gruber's Award at SUNY Binghamton for his senior writing portfolio, he discovered his love for poetry within nor'easter. He paid his way through college by break-dancing, and was signed to Bloc Dance Agency after graduating. He served on the Urban Poetry Committee for a year and was recently inducted to the Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat at Fordham University. He currently lives in East Harlem, and will be attending law school in Boston Fall 2010.
Impostor Slam - featuring Ed Menchavez
Monday, Jul 5, 2010 7:30
Bar 13 - New York
Slam the work of another poet tonight. You must cover the same poet for the entire slam.
Bar 13
35 East 13th Street
New York
Ed Menchavez was born in the Philippines, son to a gamecock farmer. Nominated for the Gruber's Award at SUNY Binghamton for his senior writing portfolio, he discovered his love for poetry within nor'easter. He paid his way through college by break-dancing, and was signed to Bloc Dance Agency after graduating. He served on the Urban Poetry Committee for a year and was recently inducted to the Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat at Fordham University. He currently lives in East Harlem, and will be attending law school in Boston Fall 2010.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Tony DeZuniga, Former Comic Book Illustrator for DC and Marvel Comics: The Pinoy Mind behind ‘Jonah Hex’
From Asian Journal:
TONY DeZuniga is beaming these days.
Inside his modest home in the Mount Washington area of Eagle Rock, the 69-year-old retired comic book artist sits on his plush leather couch glowing about all the publicity he’s been receiving lately.
"I’m loving every moment," he said to the Asian Journal.
DeZuniga, a former comic book illustrator for industry leaders DC Comics and Marvel Comics, is back on the spotlight after Warner Brothers recently released the $47-million action movie Jonah Hex starring Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, and Megan Fox.
DeZuniga along with writer John Albano created Jonah Hex, a comic character from whom the movie is based on, for DC Comics in the early 1970’s. Hex is a Western anti-hero, a rogue-like bounty hunter with a scarred face that through the years received a cult following from fan boys and comic aficionados.
"It’s been great. Think about all the thousands of characters in comics and they chose mine to make a movie," he said.
DeZuniga has been busy these days. Since the movies opening, he’s strutted through the red carpet for its Hollywood premiere on June 17, done countless interviews with mainstream and Filipino media to promote the film, and has a number of upcoming book signings for a new graphic novel – Jonah Hex: No Way Back - he illustrated to accompany the major motion picture.
Read more.
TONY DeZuniga is beaming these days.
Inside his modest home in the Mount Washington area of Eagle Rock, the 69-year-old retired comic book artist sits on his plush leather couch glowing about all the publicity he’s been receiving lately.
"I’m loving every moment," he said to the Asian Journal.
DeZuniga, a former comic book illustrator for industry leaders DC Comics and Marvel Comics, is back on the spotlight after Warner Brothers recently released the $47-million action movie Jonah Hex starring Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, and Megan Fox.
DeZuniga along with writer John Albano created Jonah Hex, a comic character from whom the movie is based on, for DC Comics in the early 1970’s. Hex is a Western anti-hero, a rogue-like bounty hunter with a scarred face that through the years received a cult following from fan boys and comic aficionados.
"It’s been great. Think about all the thousands of characters in comics and they chose mine to make a movie," he said.
DeZuniga has been busy these days. Since the movies opening, he’s strutted through the red carpet for its Hollywood premiere on June 17, done countless interviews with mainstream and Filipino media to promote the film, and has a number of upcoming book signings for a new graphic novel – Jonah Hex: No Way Back - he illustrated to accompany the major motion picture.
Read more.
Astraea Foundation: Lesbian Writers Fund
From Poets & Writers:
Two $10,000 grants are given annually to emerging lesbian poets and fiction writers. Two $1,500 grants also are given to finalists in each category. Applicants must have published work at least once in a newspaper, magazine, literary journal, or anthology but must not have published more than one book in any genre. Submit 10 to 15 pages of poetry or up to 20 pages of fiction with lesbian content and a one-paragraph biography with a $5 entry fee by July 15. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Astraea Foundation, Lesbian Writers Fund, 116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003. (212) 529-8021, ext. 44.
Deadline: July 15, 2010
Entry Fee: $5
Web site: www.astraeafoundation.org
E-mail address: grants@astraeafoundation.org
Two $10,000 grants are given annually to emerging lesbian poets and fiction writers. Two $1,500 grants also are given to finalists in each category. Applicants must have published work at least once in a newspaper, magazine, literary journal, or anthology but must not have published more than one book in any genre. Submit 10 to 15 pages of poetry or up to 20 pages of fiction with lesbian content and a one-paragraph biography with a $5 entry fee by July 15. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Astraea Foundation, Lesbian Writers Fund, 116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003. (212) 529-8021, ext. 44.
Leeway Foundation: Art and Change Grants
From Poets & Writers:
Grants of up to $2,500 each are given twice yearly by the Leeway Foundation to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and Two-Spirit poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Philadelphia area who need financial assistance to work on a project involving art and social change. Writers living in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties who are 18 years of age or older and who are not full-time students in a degree-granting arts program are eligible. Applicants must have a project commitment from an organization or mentor. Submit an entry form by September 1. There is no entry fee. Call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Leeway Foundation, Art and Change Grants, The Philadelphia Building, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832, Philadelphia, PA 19107. (215) 545-4078. Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil, Program Director.
Grants of up to $2,500 each are given twice yearly by the Leeway Foundation to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and Two-Spirit poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Philadelphia area who need financial assistance to work on a project involving art and social change. Writers living in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties who are 18 years of age or older and who are not full-time students in a degree-granting arts program are eligible. Applicants must have a project commitment from an organization or mentor. Submit an entry form by September 1. There is no entry fee. Call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Leeway Foundation, Art and Change Grants, The Philadelphia Building, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832, Philadelphia, PA 19107. (215) 545-4078. Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil, Program Director.
PEN Center USA: Emerging Voices Fellowships
From Poets & Writers:
Fellowships of $1,000 each are given annually to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from underserved communities. Each winner participates in an eight-month mentorship in Los Angeles with a professional writer, two public readings, and other programming. Housing is not provided. Writers who do not have significant publication credits, are not enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate writing program, and do not hold a graduate writing degree are eligible. Submit up to 20 pages of poetry or prose and at least two letters of recommendation with a $10 entry fee by August 31. Visit the Web site for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
PEN Center USA, Emerging Voices Fellowships, 269 South Beverly Drive, #1163, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (424) 258-1180. Michelle Meyering, Program Manager.
Fellowships of $1,000 each are given annually to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from underserved communities. Each winner participates in an eight-month mentorship in Los Angeles with a professional writer, two public readings, and other programming. Housing is not provided. Writers who do not have significant publication credits, are not enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate writing program, and do not hold a graduate writing degree are eligible. Submit up to 20 pages of poetry or prose and at least two letters of recommendation with a $10 entry fee by August 31. Visit the Web site for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
PEN Center USA, Emerging Voices Fellowships, 269 South Beverly Drive, #1163, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (424) 258-1180. Michelle Meyering, Program Manager.
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund: Individual Artist Grants for Women
Entry Fee: $20
Grants of $500 to $1,500 each are given twice yearly to feminist writers. Women poets and creative nonfiction writers who are citizens of the United States or Canada are eligible. Submit three copies of a manuscript of up to 25 pages, a project description, a budget, and a resumé with a $20 entry fee during the month of June. Send an SASE for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Individual Artist Grants for Women, P.O. Box 309, Wilton, NH 03086. Susan Pliner, Executive Director.
Perugia Press Prize for a First or Second Book by a Woman
Prize: $1000 and publication
Guidelines
(click here for printable version)
Manuscript Requirements
Guidelines
(click here for printable version)
Manuscript Requirements
- Send between 48 and 72 pages, on white, 8.5 x 11-inch paper, with legible typeface, pagination, and fastened with a removable clip. No more than one poem per page.
- Include two cover pages: one with title of manuscript, name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, and one with just title of manuscript. Cover letter and bio not required.
- Include contents and publications acknowledgments pages.
- Poet must be a living US resident.
- Poet must have no more than one previously published book of poems. Chapbooks and books in other genres do not count. If the submission is for a second book, please indicate on acknowledgments page the title of your first book.
- Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible, nor are revisions; the winning manuscript may undergo revisions before publication.
- Poets who have had manuscripts reviewed by Perugia Press Editor Susan Kan are not eligible to enter.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Call for Submissions: Bop, Strut, and Dance: A Post-Blues Form for New Generations
Afaa Michael Weaver and Assistant Editor Tara Betts invite you to submit your Bop poems to Bop, Strut, and Dance: A Post-Blues Form for New Generationsan anthology that will celebrate the music, complexities, and resolutions evident in the contemporary poetic form known as the Bop, which Afaa Michael Weaver created while teaching as at Cave Canem as first faculty in 1997. The Bop is steeped in the musicality of jazz and blues, and has been taken up by a diverse range of poets and writers-new, emerging, and experienced.
The deadline for submissions is 09/15/2010. This call is not limited to African American poets. We want submissions from anyone who has tried to write a Bop or is thinking of trying to write. We are only accepting electronic submissions. Please include a cover letter with complete contact information: your name, mailing address, and phone number. Your cover letter should note the titles of your poems, a brief bio (75-150 words), and where you heard about Bop, Strut, and Dance. Please send no more than 3-5 poems in 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Submissions can be sent to webebop@gmail.com. Submissions should be sent as a Microsoft Word attachment. If you are a Mac user please convert your submission to Microsoft.
About the Bop
In 1997, during a summer retreat of the African American poetry organization, Cave Canem, Afaa created this poetic form, the Bop, as an exercise for his workshop students, among whom were the late Vincent Woodard, Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, and Terrance Hayes. Inspired by Langston Hughes’ blues poems and the triadic structure of the Pindaric ode, Weaver established the original form of the Bop is a poetic argument consisting of three stanzas, each stanza followed by a repeated line, or refrain, and each undertaking a different purpose in the overall argument of the poem. In Afaa’s original form, the first stanza (six lines long) states the problem, the second stanza (eight lines long) explores or expands upon the problem, and he third stanza (six lines long) attempts a resolution. If a substantive resolution cannot be made, then this final stanza documents the attempt and failure to succeed. The refrain forms the final stanza.
Read more.
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Call for Submissions: phati'tude
An Ekphrastic Excursion: Conversations Between Poetry and Art
DEADLINE: August 15, 2010
SPECIAL SUBMISSION DETAILS FOR THE EKPHRASIS ISSUE:
Our Fall Issue concentrates on Ekphrastic prose and poetry. Simply put, it is when a writer interprets a work of visual art and then creates a narrative in verse form that represents his or her reaction to that painting, photograph, sculpture or other artistic creation. A more detailed description on Ekphrasis and its origins is provided below.
We have 28 paintings available for writers to interpret. The works can be poems or short prose pieces (500 words). Go to the Ekphrasis link, select which painting(s) you wish to interpret; you can submit up to five works (they can be for one painting or five different ones) in total. Make sure when you submit your work, you correlate each piece to the number we have provided for each painting.
Please read and follow our “Standard Submission Guidelines” process as set forth below and become a part of another groundbreaking phati’tude issue!
Read more.
DEADLINE: August 15, 2010
SPECIAL SUBMISSION DETAILS FOR THE EKPHRASIS ISSUE:
Our Fall Issue concentrates on Ekphrastic prose and poetry. Simply put, it is when a writer interprets a work of visual art and then creates a narrative in verse form that represents his or her reaction to that painting, photograph, sculpture or other artistic creation. A more detailed description on Ekphrasis and its origins is provided below.
We have 28 paintings available for writers to interpret. The works can be poems or short prose pieces (500 words). Go to the Ekphrasis link, select which painting(s) you wish to interpret; you can submit up to five works (they can be for one painting or five different ones) in total. Make sure when you submit your work, you correlate each piece to the number we have provided for each painting.
Please read and follow our “Standard Submission Guidelines” process as set forth below and become a part of another groundbreaking phati’tude issue!
Read more.
Book Contest: 2011 KORE PRESS FIRST BOOK AWARD
2011 KORE PRESS FIRST BOOK AWARD
Judge: Bhanu Kapil
Deadline: July 31, 2010
A prize of $1,000 plus book publication by Kore Press will be given for a book-length poetry manuscript.
This competition is open to any female writer who has not published a full-length collection of poetry. Writers who have had chapbooks of less than 42 pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are eligible.
How to Submit
Submit your manuscript and $20 reading fee on-line here.
Comment box should include:
- daytime and evening telephone numbers
- where you heard about the contest
Manuscripts must be:
• a minimum of 48 pages and a maximum of 80 pages. no cover letter needed.
• anonymous (do not include your name anywhere on the manuscript)
• original poetry written by applicant (translations are not eligible)
Click here to read an interview from Poetry Contest Insider with publisher Lisa Bowden and fiction editor Shannon Cain
For more information email kore@korepress.org, or call 520-327-2127.
Article: Philip Flores and Andrew Luis, Prodigious Fil-Am filmmakers
From Asian Journal:
THIS month, two Filipino-American filmmakers will premiere separate feature films in this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) marking the first time in five years since a Fil-Am had their work showcased in the annual film festival, which is a qualifying festival for the Independent Spirit Awards.Read more.
Philip Flores of Hemet, Ca. and Andrew Luis of New York will make their directorial debut with The Wheeler Boys and Upstate, respectively. Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana’s movie Cavite, a thriller set in the Philippines, was the last time a Fil-Am’s work was featured in the LAFF in 2005.
The 28-year-old Flores won the first ever Netflix FIND Your Voice film competition, where his short film Touchback (which was then changed to The Wheeler Boys) was selected out of two thousand entries to be made into a feature film last year.
The Wheeler Boys is a coming-of-age movie about the relationship between two brothers dealing with social acceptance, peer pressure and sexuality. The movie is based on a short story written by fellow Stanford alum Max Doty, who shares co-writing screen credit.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Chapbook/CD: Pause Mid-Flight by Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor
Pause Mid-Flight
Poetry Chapbook and CD set
Surrounding Sky Studio
44 pages; 35 minutes
$15 plus shipping
In her first chapbook, Pause Mid-Flight, Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor gathers together poetry inspired by the communities in which she has lived. Drawing upon images as diverse as the Palouse Hills and the rice terraces of Northern Luzon, Mabanglo-Mayor weaves themes of struggle and celebration with issues of identity, gender, and heritage.
The included CD features musicians who perform as the author recites, creating a unique community experience that resonates with the social intimacy woven into the fabric of her verse.
Excerpt from "Pause Mid-Flight"
The kite-eagle was really the wind
tired of moving between sky and sea.
Sie was the one who started the argument,
who made the sky hail stones upon the sea,
and the sea to throw forth mountains
toward the sky. Sie did not know jealousy
could be so strong even in those First Times.
Excerpt from "Market Song"
Isn't it strange
to hear your father's language fall
around you, the sing-song phrases
drawing you in? You struggle not
to hear the secrets, the bargains
of other Tagalogs laughing
behind your back.
Featured performers: Gene Tagaban, Swil Kanim, Travis Jordan, Francisco Owens, Damon Dimitri Jones, Doug Banner, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, Lia and Kelvin Saxton.
Get your copy here.
Poetry Chapbook and CD set
Surrounding Sky Studio
44 pages; 35 minutes
$15 plus shipping
In her first chapbook, Pause Mid-Flight, Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor gathers together poetry inspired by the communities in which she has lived. Drawing upon images as diverse as the Palouse Hills and the rice terraces of Northern Luzon, Mabanglo-Mayor weaves themes of struggle and celebration with issues of identity, gender, and heritage.
The included CD features musicians who perform as the author recites, creating a unique community experience that resonates with the social intimacy woven into the fabric of her verse.
Excerpt from "Pause Mid-Flight"
The kite-eagle was really the wind
tired of moving between sky and sea.
Sie was the one who started the argument,
who made the sky hail stones upon the sea,
and the sea to throw forth mountains
toward the sky. Sie did not know jealousy
could be so strong even in those First Times.
Excerpt from "Market Song"
Isn't it strange
to hear your father's language fall
around you, the sing-song phrases
drawing you in? You struggle not
to hear the secrets, the bargains
of other Tagalogs laughing
behind your back.
Featured performers: Gene Tagaban, Swil Kanim, Travis Jordan, Francisco Owens, Damon Dimitri Jones, Doug Banner, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, Lia and Kelvin Saxton.
Get your copy here.
Asian American Invisibility: You don't see us, but we see you!
From Hip Hop Lives:
Will the Filipino American R&B group Legaci create a legacy for more Asian American exposure in mainstream popular music? Here is an interesting article, "Unexpected Harmony," in the New York Times about Asian American challenges in achieving career acclaim in the U.S. music industry. They are currently the backup singers for Justin Bieber (yeah, I know, but they gettin paid!) and getting mad attention worldwide. As the article states, because of their proven talent and critical mass of audience on YouTube as well as their appeal to Bieber fans, they are working on getting a record deal-- an opportunity to break through the glass ceiling that teases people with Asian faces. This opportunity to reach a wider audience is especially compelling given that Filipino Americans have been providing quality soul and R&B music (especially in Northern California) for some time now (Legaci started in 1997).
The article describes the challenges of Asian American singers (and rappers, representative of Apl.de.ap...blah) in a generic sense, but one can't help but notice the overwhelming amount of Filipino Americans represented in the R&B scene (kind of like this top ten list of Asian American Rappers of All Time...blah).
Workshop: Art of the Hustle with Anthem Salgado
From KSW:
CONCRETE EDUCATION FOR THE INDEPENDENT ARTIST
Saturday, July 24
10 am – 2 pm
1246 Folsom St., SF
Tuition $60
Many artists still think they’ll be “discovered” so they don’t bother learning fundamental (yes, fundamental, not elective) skills necessary for their own advancement. When an artist doesn’t have the support of a major institution (which is most of us, most of the time), you can still make moves! Take charge. Now. This is a class on:
*CREATING your artist statement, resume, press release, media kit
*STRATEGIZING and PROFESSIONALIZING your process to get your work seen
Benefit from this learning boost. No matter what role you have — visual artist, writer, performing artist, arts administrator, or marketing newbie — get a hold of the fundamental survival methods and means. Anthem Salgado will cover basic skills, give focus to participants’ specific questions, and teach tangible strategies to further your career and projects no matter what stage they are in.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
“I stand entirely behind my work and my coaching. This is a four-hour workshop. After the first hour of training, we will take a break. And at this point, I will give you 100% of your money back, no-questions-asked and no-hard-feelings, if you honestly do not feel that the education being provided will contribute to helping you articulate your vision, making your work more visible, and empowering you with career tactics and new modes of seeing. If you don’t benefit from this workshop, I don’t deserve to keep your money. And you have every right to receive — and I have every responsibility to give you — a full and prompt refund. That’s my word.” — Anthem Salgado
CONCRETE EDUCATION FOR THE INDEPENDENT ARTIST
Saturday, July 24
10 am – 2 pm
1246 Folsom St., SF
Tuition $60
Many artists still think they’ll be “discovered” so they don’t bother learning fundamental (yes, fundamental, not elective) skills necessary for their own advancement. When an artist doesn’t have the support of a major institution (which is most of us, most of the time), you can still make moves! Take charge. Now. This is a class on:
*CREATING your artist statement, resume, press release, media kit
*STRATEGIZING and PROFESSIONALIZING your process to get your work seen
Benefit from this learning boost. No matter what role you have — visual artist, writer, performing artist, arts administrator, or marketing newbie — get a hold of the fundamental survival methods and means. Anthem Salgado will cover basic skills, give focus to participants’ specific questions, and teach tangible strategies to further your career and projects no matter what stage they are in.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
“I stand entirely behind my work and my coaching. This is a four-hour workshop. After the first hour of training, we will take a break. And at this point, I will give you 100% of your money back, no-questions-asked and no-hard-feelings, if you honestly do not feel that the education being provided will contribute to helping you articulate your vision, making your work more visible, and empowering you with career tactics and new modes of seeing. If you don’t benefit from this workshop, I don’t deserve to keep your money. And you have every right to receive — and I have every responsibility to give you — a full and prompt refund. That’s my word.” — Anthem Salgado
07/06/2010: KSW, Laundry Party Public
From KSW:
A Laidback, Salon-style Multidisciplinary Evening of Readings, Performances, Screenings, and More
With Allan Manalo, Cathlin Goulding, Derek Chung, Isaac Hill, Lumaya, Mahru Elahi, Samantha Chanse, Yasmine Gomez
And others, perhaps.
Tuesday, July 6
1246 Folsom St., SF
Doors 6:30 pm | 7 – 9 pm
$5 Suggested Donation
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
Cathlin Goulding is a fourth generation Japanese American. Following a six-year stint of teaching English at Newark Memorial High School, she will be pursuing her doctorate in curriculum studies at Teachers College, Columbia University this fall.
Isaac Hill, stated simply, is a singer-songwriter seeking sonic sanctuary. Silly sentimental songs seem sufficient.
Lumaya: ethereal, agressive, haunting. facebook.com/lumayamusic
Samantha Chanse hearts LP, KSW, and bi-coastal lifestylings. samanthachanse.com
Yasmine Gomez is a Bay Area filmmaker and producer for an interactive media company. She is a procrastinator and a perfectionist, which do not go well together…or do they?
ABOUT LAUNDRY PARTY
Laundry Party (LP) is a laidback, multidisciplinary salon-style series that takes place in LP people’s living rooms, and occasionally at your neighborhood bar, cafe, and/or nonprofit arts organization. Founded in January 2009 by a couple of San Francisco artists looking for mini-deadlines and more opportunities to bask in community glow, LP has since expanded its sphere of activity to encompass New York City. LP takes place on either coast a couple times a month, give or take a time, and every so often goes public.
A Laidback, Salon-style Multidisciplinary Evening of Readings, Performances, Screenings, and More
With Allan Manalo, Cathlin Goulding, Derek Chung, Isaac Hill, Lumaya, Mahru Elahi, Samantha Chanse, Yasmine Gomez
And others, perhaps.
Tuesday, July 6
1246 Folsom St., SF
Doors 6:30 pm | 7 – 9 pm
$5 Suggested Donation
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
Cathlin Goulding is a fourth generation Japanese American. Following a six-year stint of teaching English at Newark Memorial High School, she will be pursuing her doctorate in curriculum studies at Teachers College, Columbia University this fall.
Isaac Hill, stated simply, is a singer-songwriter seeking sonic sanctuary. Silly sentimental songs seem sufficient.
Lumaya: ethereal, agressive, haunting. facebook.com/lumayamusic
Samantha Chanse hearts LP, KSW, and bi-coastal lifestylings. samanthachanse.com
Yasmine Gomez is a Bay Area filmmaker and producer for an interactive media company. She is a procrastinator and a perfectionist, which do not go well together…or do they?
ABOUT LAUNDRY PARTY
Laundry Party (LP) is a laidback, multidisciplinary salon-style series that takes place in LP people’s living rooms, and occasionally at your neighborhood bar, cafe, and/or nonprofit arts organization. Founded in January 2009 by a couple of San Francisco artists looking for mini-deadlines and more opportunities to bask in community glow, LP has since expanded its sphere of activity to encompass New York City. LP takes place on either coast a couple times a month, give or take a time, and every so often goes public.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Call for Readers: "SHEroes Monologues - Women of the Philippine Revolution" | June 27 @ Kalesa Restaurant (Milpitas)
From Filipina Women's Network (FWN):
Mabuhay !
If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area and interested in reading for the SHEroes Monologues performance, please contact FWN.
Four requirements to participate -
* Can read Taglish fluently (English and Tagalog)
* Attend one rehearsal on Saturday, June 26, 3-6pm - location TBD
* Come early (@ Kalesa Restaurant) on day of performance for dress rehearsal (3pm on Sunday, June 27) wearing a Filipino-inspired outfit (authentic, better)**
* Register for the FWN Salo Salo now.
To RSVP for the June 27 FWN Salo Salo event, please go to
www.filipinawomensnetwork.org/events.
Read more.
Mabuhay !
If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area and interested in reading for the SHEroes Monologues performance, please contact FWN.
Four requirements to participate -
* Can read Taglish fluently (English and Tagalog)
* Attend one rehearsal on Saturday, June 26, 3-6pm - location TBD
* Come early (@ Kalesa Restaurant) on day of performance for dress rehearsal (3pm on Sunday, June 27) wearing a Filipino-inspired outfit (authentic, better)**
* Register for the FWN Salo Salo now.
To RSVP for the June 27 FWN Salo Salo event, please go to
www.filipinawomensnetwork.org/events.
Read more.
Review: Benito M. Vergara Jr. on Brillante Mendoza's 'Kinatay'
At some point in Brillante Mendoza’s controversial film Kinatay, there’s a brief and unexpected shot of something one rarely sees in the usual squalor of a Mendoza film: a postcard-pretty image of a Manila Bay sunset, complete with palm tree and silhouetted spectators. It’s surprising, and almost out of place – but it is, after all, a movie set in the Philippines, and surely it wouldn’t be complete without that sunset?
Kinatay is, at its narrative core, about the abduction, beating, rape, murder and eventual dismemberment of a prostitute. That sort of synopsis should be enough to keep sensitive audiences away, but on the contrary, Kinatay isn’t unremittingly dark.* In fact, the film can’t be fully appreciated without taking into account the seemingly irrelevant extended prologue (weddings, a dinner, a young couple that actually seems happy); indeed, the unforced cheer of the first third is, in hindsight, almost unreal in comparison to the sickening events that follow it.
Read more.
Kinatay is, at its narrative core, about the abduction, beating, rape, murder and eventual dismemberment of a prostitute. That sort of synopsis should be enough to keep sensitive audiences away, but on the contrary, Kinatay isn’t unremittingly dark.* In fact, the film can’t be fully appreciated without taking into account the seemingly irrelevant extended prologue (weddings, a dinner, a young couple that actually seems happy); indeed, the unforced cheer of the first third is, in hindsight, almost unreal in comparison to the sickening events that follow it.
Read more.
Monday, June 21, 2010
06/26/2010: RHYMES & RHYTHMS #2 @ Manilatown (SF)
(a Benefit for Earthquake Survivors in Tibet & Chile)
hosted by
NANCY HOM & AVOTCJA with OSCAR PEÑARANDA (Poet/Educator/Storyteller), CANYON SAM (Writer/Activist), NANCY HOM (Poet/Artist), PABLO ROSALES (Poet), AVOTCJA (Poet/Musician), MAMACOATL (La Border Crossing Diosa), and others.
SATURDAY JUNE 26th
@ I HOTEL MANILATOWN CENTER
868 KEARNY @ JACKSON (in Chinatown)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108
(415)399-9580
INFO: http://www.facebook.com/l/
$$$ @ the door (doors open @ 1:30PM)
2PM – 5PM $5 to $10 Sliding Scale
(no one turned away for lack of funds)
http://www.facebook.com/l/
06/25 - 06/26/2010: Meldy Hernandez's Bathala Na! at Stage Werx Theatre (SF)
Bathala Na!
From June 25, 2010 8:00 PM through June 26, 2010 8:00 PM
Stage Werx Theatre
533 Sutter St
San Francisco, CA 9410
415-734-7903
Price $9.99
Contact Meldy Hernandez
415-734-7903 | meldy.hernandez@gmail.com
Bathala Na! is a daughter and mother's story...
Travelling from a birthing hut in Africa to a deathbed in the Philippines, it is one woman's history of the body, cancer, grief, and the life-giving beat of the ancestral drums that can save her.
Can our nurse jump through heartbreak and dance toward a daughter of her own? This unique and universal experience is told through West African dance, spoken word storyelling, and the rhythmic tongues of the Mali and Mindanao. An intensely personal and unexpectedly hilarious tale that will leave you dancing!
From June 25, 2010 8:00 PM through June 26, 2010 8:00 PM
Stage Werx Theatre
533 Sutter St
San Francisco, CA 9410
415-734-7903
Price $9.99
Contact Meldy Hernandez
415-734-7903 | meldy.hernandez@gmail.com
Bathala Na! is a daughter and mother's story...
Travelling from a birthing hut in Africa to a deathbed in the Philippines, it is one woman's history of the body, cancer, grief, and the life-giving beat of the ancestral drums that can save her.
Can our nurse jump through heartbreak and dance toward a daughter of her own? This unique and universal experience is told through West African dance, spoken word storyelling, and the rhythmic tongues of the Mali and Mindanao. An intensely personal and unexpectedly hilarious tale that will leave you dancing!
Paolo Javier is the new Poet Laureate of Queens
A “ONCE-GLOBAL NOMAD” WHO FINDS “THE WORLD IN QUEENS,”
PAOLO JAVIER IS NAMED BOROUGH’S FIFTH POET LAUREATE
FLUSHING, N.Y., June 18, 2010 ― Describing himself as “a once-global nomad” who made Queens his permanent home because he has “no trouble finding the world in it,” Paolo S. Javier has been named the fifth Poet Laureate of Queens. His three-year appointment, following a search launched in March, was announced yesterday at Borough Hall by Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Queens College President James Muyskens.
Queens’ newest poet laureate is an award-winning author of two poetry collections and four chapbooks (short books of poetry), as well as a playwright, film director, college professor, editor, and publisher. A native of the Philippines who has traveled widely and lived in Asia, the Middle East, and North America, Javier moved to Katonah, NY, in 1986, and has been a resident of Sunnyside, Queens, for over a decade.
“I am delighted to approve my panel of judges’ recommendation of Paolo Javier as the next Poet Laureate of Queens,” said Marshall. “Mr. Javier is an up-and-coming poet as well as a filmmaker who has a clearly articulated vision of how to promote a love of poetry among our diverse youth through multimedia programming. We are very excited to collaborate with him over the next three years.”
“Paolo Javier is truly a 21st century poet who is recreating poetry as a dynamic literary art form that draws from theater, new media, sound art, and international cinema,” said Muyskens. “His unique, multidisciplinary approach will surely engage our diverse communities.”
Read more.
PAOLO JAVIER IS NAMED BOROUGH’S FIFTH POET LAUREATE
FLUSHING, N.Y., June 18, 2010 ― Describing himself as “a once-global nomad” who made Queens his permanent home because he has “no trouble finding the world in it,” Paolo S. Javier has been named the fifth Poet Laureate of Queens. His three-year appointment, following a search launched in March, was announced yesterday at Borough Hall by Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Queens College President James Muyskens.
Queens’ newest poet laureate is an award-winning author of two poetry collections and four chapbooks (short books of poetry), as well as a playwright, film director, college professor, editor, and publisher. A native of the Philippines who has traveled widely and lived in Asia, the Middle East, and North America, Javier moved to Katonah, NY, in 1986, and has been a resident of Sunnyside, Queens, for over a decade.
“I am delighted to approve my panel of judges’ recommendation of Paolo Javier as the next Poet Laureate of Queens,” said Marshall. “Mr. Javier is an up-and-coming poet as well as a filmmaker who has a clearly articulated vision of how to promote a love of poetry among our diverse youth through multimedia programming. We are very excited to collaborate with him over the next three years.”
“Paolo Javier is truly a 21st century poet who is recreating poetry as a dynamic literary art form that draws from theater, new media, sound art, and international cinema,” said Muyskens. “His unique, multidisciplinary approach will surely engage our diverse communities.”
Read more.
07/06 - 07/25/2010: Diverse City Theater Company, The Pearl Project (NY)
http://www.diversecitytheater.org
http://www.diversecitytheater.org/eml/20080602/pr_tpp_20100412.htm
Press Contact:
Janet Appel Public Relations LLC
Janet Appel
212-258-2413
janetappel54@aol.com
NEW YORK—Beginning July 6, 2010, some of the finest Filipino-American and American artists will converge in a theater festival—THE PEARL PROJECT—at Theatre Row’s The Clurman Theatre in world premiere presentations of original plays written by Palanca Award (Philippine’s Pulitzer Prize) winners Eric Gamalinda, Jorshinelle Taleon-Sonza, and DCT Playwright Fellow Kristine M. Reyes. The limited engagement runs until July 25, 2010.
THE PEARL PROJECT, a Filipino American theater festival, will present two full-length plays and two one-acts in repertory:
http://www.diversecitytheater.org/eml/20080602/pr_tpp_20100412.htm
Press Contact:
Janet Appel Public Relations LLC
Janet Appel
212-258-2413
janetappel54@aol.com
NEW YORK—Beginning July 6, 2010, some of the finest Filipino-American and American artists will converge in a theater festival—THE PEARL PROJECT—at Theatre Row’s The Clurman Theatre in world premiere presentations of original plays written by Palanca Award (Philippine’s Pulitzer Prize) winners Eric Gamalinda, Jorshinelle Taleon-Sonza, and DCT Playwright Fellow Kristine M. Reyes. The limited engagement runs until July 25, 2010.
THE PEARL PROJECT, a Filipino American theater festival, will present two full-length plays and two one-acts in repertory:
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Call for Submissions: Mapping Me
Mapping Me: A Landscape of Women’s Stories is an anthology of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, photography and artwork. Its objective is to explore the connections – the invisible threads – that exist between women across the globe. Our starting point is to place the most basic question of identity, “Who am I?” within the complexities of culture and ethnicity. How do women respond to motherhood, rage, loss, relationships and loneliness across cultures? Do we share the same concept of grief and sadness, joy and love? We ask the writers and artists to tell stories, which negotiate the demands placed upon everyday women by society. The goal of this project is the sharing of such stories that allow the readers to draw their own conclusions whether or not culture is a divisive state between women.
Content
Mapping Me: A Landscape of Women’s Stories is about transcending the physical geography of our contributors as they map the internal landscapes of their lives. Our themes are those ‘points which connect us.’ While the female reality varies across countries, still we laugh and we cry. We may not personally understand the experience of arranged marriages, bound feet, or restrictions across checkpoints but we can understand a mother’s love, a daughter’s pain and a young girl’s giggle. Some of our themes explore the bonds between women, shifts in consciousness and experiences in extreme situations but all our stories are by women and their choices. Our objective is to breakdown the different stereotypes in an entertaining - and sometimes comical – way. This anthology gives voices a chance to be heard and the reader an opportunity to listen to positive female stories outside of tabloid global gossip.
Read more.
Content
Mapping Me: A Landscape of Women’s Stories is about transcending the physical geography of our contributors as they map the internal landscapes of their lives. Our themes are those ‘points which connect us.’ While the female reality varies across countries, still we laugh and we cry. We may not personally understand the experience of arranged marriages, bound feet, or restrictions across checkpoints but we can understand a mother’s love, a daughter’s pain and a young girl’s giggle. Some of our themes explore the bonds between women, shifts in consciousness and experiences in extreme situations but all our stories are by women and their choices. Our objective is to breakdown the different stereotypes in an entertaining - and sometimes comical – way. This anthology gives voices a chance to be heard and the reader an opportunity to listen to positive female stories outside of tabloid global gossip.
Read more.
Elsewhere in E-World
From Penelope V. Flores: Yesterday, at the Daly City Toyota Smog Test dealership, waiting for my Previa van certification, and twiddling my thumbs, I took out my pad notes and began to write down all the comfort food that my mother used to make. The hungrier I felt, the longer the list became. Then, something startling happened. I discovered a unique pattern of naming our native traditional dishes. I said to myself: "Look at this. Filipino food names are verbs or a description of the process of cooking."
From Lisa Factora-Borchers: Food tells a story. Regardless of what your diet consists of, there’s ALWAYS a story as to what you eat. Even if it’s drive thru menus or dollar deals at Popeye’s – what you put in your mouth reveals something about who you are. I began understanding this in my early 20s, when I was introduced to Indian, Thai, and more American gourmet foods. I grew interested in how whole foods were put together to have a completely different taste. I started experimenting and buying spices. Then I started researching recipes on the internet and adapting to my own taste buds. Eventually, the experimenting including dipping my fingers into desserts and baking. Getting over my fear of the oven, I baked my first batch of brownies circa 2005. I wasn’t always this adventurous. When I was 16, I tried to cook my first pot of Kraft Mac ‘n Cheese. CULINARY DISASTER TRANSPORT. I forgot to strain the noodles. Yeah. That’s where I was 15 years ago. Forgetting to strain pasta.
From Jennifer de Guzman: I’ve been a vegetarian for fifteen years, and I don’t miss meat at all. One thing I do miss, however, is eating dishes from my childhood. Having Mateo has made me think about being a kid a lot more (though, like everyone, I always have my memories from childhood at the back of my mind), and sometimes it makes me nostalgic for food my mother made when I was growing up, especially Filipino food. Filipino food is notoriously meat-centric (also garlic- and vinegar-centric). There is a Filipino restaurant in San Bruno that has some dishes they can make vegetarian, and I went there recently only to discover they were closed for a private party. Disappointed and still in the mood for Filipino food, I decided to call other Filipino restaurants in the area to see if they had vegetarian dishes. They had no idea what I was talking about. One offered me milkfish. The other offered me something that had “only a little bit of chicken and shrimp” in it. I’ve always felt like a Filipino outsider because I’m mestiza, but at that moment I felt like I wasn’t part of my culture at all.
From Rona Fernandez: Interestingly, the genre that I thought this movie [The Karate Kid] fell most in line with aesthetically and dramatically was that of Chinese kung fu cinema. Partially because of the setting (it’s actually filmed in China and shows some spectacular scenery, no doubt at the encouragement of the Chinese government), and partially because of the kung fu, but I sensed a distinct connection to Hong Kong martial arts films. The Hollywood twist also brought to mind the indelible impact that Bruce Lee had on American cinema—and on Will Smith, no doubt. Also, there is a long tradition in the African-American community of embracing martial arts, as this article by Jeff Yang attests. In the end, I was left with a warm feeling that the film was not just a feel-good kid flick, but it was also—consciously or not—a kind of coming-full-circle African-American homage to Asian martial arts cinema.
From Kiwi: As boys, one of the very first things we are taught is not to cry. That we must be tough, show no emotion, brush the dirt off and keep moving. And heaven forbid we do happen to cry, we get called names like “sissy,” “weak,” “gay,” “fag,” or the ever-popular “bitch.” As we grow older and into manhood, these and other lessons on what it means to “be a man” become ingrained in our thinking, which impact how we function in the world, especially in our relationships. EVEN (and perhaps especially) for “conscious” brothers. We communicate and express ourselves in unhealthy ways. Or we DON’T communicate and keep it all bottled in. We see sexism play out right in front of our faces yet turn a blind eye. Or we continue to perpetuate misogyny in our own actions. The tools and the culture does not exist for us to be able to truly transform as men, to fight sexism (and heterosexism) in a way that really has an impact.
From Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor: As Pause Mid-Flight started coming together a few weeks ago and I began letting people know about its release, a few enthusiastic souls asked me for a book blurb to help promote the chapbook/CD set during events. I was stymied - even after looking at several examples online and on my shelf, I couldn't wrap my mind around creating a simple paragraph describing the chapbook. It's a compilation, really, a gathering of my poetry from the last decade or so, some published in small journal, others not at all, and one 'published' on a t-shirt worn by someone running around Greenlake, WA. I first heard about chapbooks from my favorite urban fantasy author, Charles de Lint. In his early writing days (and perhaps still), he publishes a story as gifts to friends and family once a year. His chapbooks were special bonuses, something he created himself to share with the people he loved. That sounded like a good idea to me - bring all my best poetry together and share it.
From Lisa Factora-Borchers: Food tells a story. Regardless of what your diet consists of, there’s ALWAYS a story as to what you eat. Even if it’s drive thru menus or dollar deals at Popeye’s – what you put in your mouth reveals something about who you are. I began understanding this in my early 20s, when I was introduced to Indian, Thai, and more American gourmet foods. I grew interested in how whole foods were put together to have a completely different taste. I started experimenting and buying spices. Then I started researching recipes on the internet and adapting to my own taste buds. Eventually, the experimenting including dipping my fingers into desserts and baking. Getting over my fear of the oven, I baked my first batch of brownies circa 2005. I wasn’t always this adventurous. When I was 16, I tried to cook my first pot of Kraft Mac ‘n Cheese. CULINARY DISASTER TRANSPORT. I forgot to strain the noodles. Yeah. That’s where I was 15 years ago. Forgetting to strain pasta.
From Jennifer de Guzman: I’ve been a vegetarian for fifteen years, and I don’t miss meat at all. One thing I do miss, however, is eating dishes from my childhood. Having Mateo has made me think about being a kid a lot more (though, like everyone, I always have my memories from childhood at the back of my mind), and sometimes it makes me nostalgic for food my mother made when I was growing up, especially Filipino food. Filipino food is notoriously meat-centric (also garlic- and vinegar-centric). There is a Filipino restaurant in San Bruno that has some dishes they can make vegetarian, and I went there recently only to discover they were closed for a private party. Disappointed and still in the mood for Filipino food, I decided to call other Filipino restaurants in the area to see if they had vegetarian dishes. They had no idea what I was talking about. One offered me milkfish. The other offered me something that had “only a little bit of chicken and shrimp” in it. I’ve always felt like a Filipino outsider because I’m mestiza, but at that moment I felt like I wasn’t part of my culture at all.
From Rona Fernandez: Interestingly, the genre that I thought this movie [The Karate Kid] fell most in line with aesthetically and dramatically was that of Chinese kung fu cinema. Partially because of the setting (it’s actually filmed in China and shows some spectacular scenery, no doubt at the encouragement of the Chinese government), and partially because of the kung fu, but I sensed a distinct connection to Hong Kong martial arts films. The Hollywood twist also brought to mind the indelible impact that Bruce Lee had on American cinema—and on Will Smith, no doubt. Also, there is a long tradition in the African-American community of embracing martial arts, as this article by Jeff Yang attests. In the end, I was left with a warm feeling that the film was not just a feel-good kid flick, but it was also—consciously or not—a kind of coming-full-circle African-American homage to Asian martial arts cinema.
From Kiwi: As boys, one of the very first things we are taught is not to cry. That we must be tough, show no emotion, brush the dirt off and keep moving. And heaven forbid we do happen to cry, we get called names like “sissy,” “weak,” “gay,” “fag,” or the ever-popular “bitch.” As we grow older and into manhood, these and other lessons on what it means to “be a man” become ingrained in our thinking, which impact how we function in the world, especially in our relationships. EVEN (and perhaps especially) for “conscious” brothers. We communicate and express ourselves in unhealthy ways. Or we DON’T communicate and keep it all bottled in. We see sexism play out right in front of our faces yet turn a blind eye. Or we continue to perpetuate misogyny in our own actions. The tools and the culture does not exist for us to be able to truly transform as men, to fight sexism (and heterosexism) in a way that really has an impact.
From Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor: As Pause Mid-Flight started coming together a few weeks ago and I began letting people know about its release, a few enthusiastic souls asked me for a book blurb to help promote the chapbook/CD set during events. I was stymied - even after looking at several examples online and on my shelf, I couldn't wrap my mind around creating a simple paragraph describing the chapbook. It's a compilation, really, a gathering of my poetry from the last decade or so, some published in small journal, others not at all, and one 'published' on a t-shirt worn by someone running around Greenlake, WA. I first heard about chapbooks from my favorite urban fantasy author, Charles de Lint. In his early writing days (and perhaps still), he publishes a story as gifts to friends and family once a year. His chapbooks were special bonuses, something he created himself to share with the people he loved. That sounded like a good idea to me - bring all my best poetry together and share it.
07/01/2010: VONA Faculty Readings @ USF
Please join us for the 2010 Faculty Readings at the University of San Francisco featuring Tananarive Due, Ruth Forman, Willie Perdomo, Andrew X. Pham, Chris Abani, M. Evelina Galang, Elmaz Abinader and Diem Jones with musician Len Wood.
July 1, 2010 at 7 pm
Fromm Hall, University of San Francisco
[see campus map]
About VONA: As the only Multi-genre workshop for writers of color in the nation, we provide developing writers a place where they can explore their craft in an atmosphere of support and understanding, where they can exchange with great writers ideas and inspirations, where they can gain empowerment to move from VONA to a writer's life with authority and confidence.
We want to make VONA available to more voices, pull people in from the margins, in from places where writing workshops aren't an everyday occurrence and give them the experience for a lifetime.
Read more about VONA here.
July 1, 2010 at 7 pm
Fromm Hall, University of San Francisco
[see campus map]
About VONA: As the only Multi-genre workshop for writers of color in the nation, we provide developing writers a place where they can explore their craft in an atmosphere of support and understanding, where they can exchange with great writers ideas and inspirations, where they can gain empowerment to move from VONA to a writer's life with authority and confidence.
We want to make VONA available to more voices, pull people in from the margins, in from places where writing workshops aren't an everyday occurrence and give them the experience for a lifetime.
Read more about VONA here.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Call for Submissions: Women of Color in Punk
From the Asia Writes blog:
DREAM DATE has put out a call for submissions on the experiences of women of color in punk. Send your submissions to dreamdatezine@gmail.com. Dream Date is a zine project of People of Color (POC)-a grassroots movement to provide more visibility and resources to zinesters of color.
07/07/2010: KSW 7th Intergenerational Writers Lab Reading (SF)
KNOW THE NAMES OF THINGS: Final Literary Reading and Online Anthology Launch of the 7th annual Intergenerational Writers Lab
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia St. SF
Directions
$5-20 sliding scale
Presented by Kearny Street Workshop, Intersection for the Arts and AMATE: Women Painting Stories, the IWL provides local emerging writers/artists with the opportunity to challenge, develop, and expand their practice by working with established writers and artists in a variety of genres.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia St. SF
Directions
$5-20 sliding scale
Presented by Kearny Street Workshop, Intersection for the Arts and AMATE: Women Painting Stories, the IWL provides local emerging writers/artists with the opportunity to challenge, develop, and expand their practice by working with established writers and artists in a variety of genres.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Luis H. Francia: History of the Philippines
New from Overlook Press:
A History of the Philippines by Luis H. Francia
ISBN 13: 9781590202852
The Philippines is a country in its adolescence, struggling by fits and starts to emerge from a rich, troubled and multilayered past. From its first settlement through the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century to the subsequent American occupation and beyond, History of the Philippines recasts various Philippine narratives— familiar and unfamiliar—with an eye for the layers of colonial and post-colonial history that have created this diverse and fascinating population.
History of the Philippines is intended for those who are curious about this Southeast Asian archipelago but know very little of its history. The narrative moves from a pre-Hispanic Philippines in the 16th century through the Spanish American War, the nation’s tumultuous relationship with the United States, and General MacArthur’s controlling presence during WWII, up to its independence in 1946 and subsequent years of Islamic insurgency.
Luis H. Francia creates an illuminating portrait that provides the reader valuable insights into the heart and soul of the modern Filipino, laying bare the multicultural, multiracial society of modern times.
A History of the Philippines by Luis H. FranciaISBN 13: 9781590202852
The Philippines is a country in its adolescence, struggling by fits and starts to emerge from a rich, troubled and multilayered past. From its first settlement through the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century to the subsequent American occupation and beyond, History of the Philippines recasts various Philippine narratives— familiar and unfamiliar—with an eye for the layers of colonial and post-colonial history that have created this diverse and fascinating population.
History of the Philippines is intended for those who are curious about this Southeast Asian archipelago but know very little of its history. The narrative moves from a pre-Hispanic Philippines in the 16th century through the Spanish American War, the nation’s tumultuous relationship with the United States, and General MacArthur’s controlling presence during WWII, up to its independence in 1946 and subsequent years of Islamic insurgency.
Luis H. Francia creates an illuminating portrait that provides the reader valuable insights into the heart and soul of the modern Filipino, laying bare the multicultural, multiracial society of modern times.
Call for Submissions: International Queer Indigenous Voices Issue of Yellow Medicine Review
From the Asia Writes blog:
Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art, and Thought
International Queer Indigenous Issue
Edited by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán
"The Ancestors We Were Looking for We Have Become: International Queer Indigenous Voices"
As queer Indigenous writers, and queer artists of color more broadly, we have spent many years looking for our ancestors, looking for those Native and brown people who loved as we did, who moved in the world and created a space for us. Part of our queer genealogy involves not only finding those voices in our lineage, in our Nations, but also recognizing the way we are becoming those we have sought, and the importance of recording our stories for those coming after, and making the journey with, for we are not only descendants but ancestors.
Kin coming together at the meeting grounds to share sustenance: stories of survival, resistance, and affirmation. May we make good medicine for our peoples and Nations. May our words nurture and move us forward, our visions deeply rooted in the past and the continuance of our presence.
Same-gender-loving, multiple-gender-loving, and transgender Indigenous peoples from around the world are invited to submit their work, words. May they be blessed.
Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art, and Thought
International Queer Indigenous Issue
Edited by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán
"The Ancestors We Were Looking for We Have Become: International Queer Indigenous Voices"
As queer Indigenous writers, and queer artists of color more broadly, we have spent many years looking for our ancestors, looking for those Native and brown people who loved as we did, who moved in the world and created a space for us. Part of our queer genealogy involves not only finding those voices in our lineage, in our Nations, but also recognizing the way we are becoming those we have sought, and the importance of recording our stories for those coming after, and making the journey with, for we are not only descendants but ancestors.
Kin coming together at the meeting grounds to share sustenance: stories of survival, resistance, and affirmation. May we make good medicine for our peoples and Nations. May our words nurture and move us forward, our visions deeply rooted in the past and the continuance of our presence.
Same-gender-loving, multiple-gender-loving, and transgender Indigenous peoples from around the world are invited to submit their work, words. May they be blessed.
"Retelling Filipino Family Heritage Stories" 2010 Literary contest
A literary writing competition open to young people of Filipino descent who are 16 to 18 yrs old.
What better way to honour your parents and grandparents? Retell their stories so their memories live on.
Come and share the stories you heard from your nanang/tatang, kuya/ate, manong/manang, tiya/tiyo or lolo/lola from the Philippines. It can be a story about multo (ghosts) or simply the simple stories how their life was before in the Philippines.
Help us advance the Filipino culture in the literary world.
Top three winners will receive a cash award: First: $100 | Second: $75 | Third: $50. Two consolations prices ($25 each) will be given to selected works. More consolation prizes awarded if enough prizes are solicited. Your work will be judged according to: title, theme, message, composition and presentation.
Selected works aside from the top three will potentially be published by PATAC with the other literary works collected from the previous literary contest.
To sponsor or support this project, please email Paulina Corpuz or phone her at 416-690-2116/647-269-0195
More information here.
07/23 - 07/25/2010: Labayen Dance/SF, Tadtarin
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Chida Chaemchaeng
415-314-6664
chidac@gmail.com
LABAYEN DANCE/SF CELEBRATES ITS 15TH YEAR WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "CARMINA BURANA: REVISITED" FROM AWARD WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER, ENRICO LABAYEN AT DANCE MISSION THEATER JULY 23-25, 2010
San Francisco, CA, June 17, 2010 - Labayen Dance/ SF, one of the Bay Area's most innovative contemporary dance companies, celebrates its 15th year with the world premiere of Carmina Burana: Revisited from Enrico Labayen, Isadora Duncan Awardee (The Izzies) for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography. Inspired by the Philippine matriarchal ritual of Tadtarin and set to Carl Orff's iconic score Carmina Burana, this piece explores female identities, ritual, traditions, role reversals and relationships through a contemporary lens. Carmina Burana: Revisited performances will be at Dance Mission Theater in Francisco on July 23 & 24 @ 8pm and July 25 @ 7pm, 2010. Dance Mission Theater is located at 3316 24th Street in San Francisco. Tickets, are $25 advance/ $30 at the door, and are available by visiting http://www.enricolabayen.com or by going to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/104803. To make reservations, contact 415-273-4633.
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Chida Chaemchaeng
415-314-6664
chidac@gmail.com
LABAYEN DANCE/SF CELEBRATES ITS 15TH YEAR WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "CARMINA BURANA: REVISITED" FROM AWARD WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER, ENRICO LABAYEN AT DANCE MISSION THEATER JULY 23-25, 2010
San Francisco, CA, June 17, 2010 - Labayen Dance/ SF, one of the Bay Area's most innovative contemporary dance companies, celebrates its 15th year with the world premiere of Carmina Burana: Revisited from Enrico Labayen, Isadora Duncan Awardee (The Izzies) for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography. Inspired by the Philippine matriarchal ritual of Tadtarin and set to Carl Orff's iconic score Carmina Burana, this piece explores female identities, ritual, traditions, role reversals and relationships through a contemporary lens. Carmina Burana: Revisited performances will be at Dance Mission Theater in Francisco on July 23 & 24 @ 8pm and July 25 @ 7pm, 2010. Dance Mission Theater is located at 3316 24th Street in San Francisco. Tickets, are $25 advance/ $30 at the door, and are available by visiting http://www.enricolabayen.com or by going to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/104803. To make reservations, contact 415-273-4633.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Call for Submissions: Sin Fronteras/Writers Without Borders
Sin Fronteras/Writers Without Borders is seeking submissions for its 15th annual anthology. Submissions of poetry, one-act plays, fiction and creative non-fiction should be sent between April 1 and June 30, to P.O. Box 3416, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Also, please include a cover letter, short bio (2-3 sentences), phone and email address. All manuscripts will be recycled at the end of our reading period. Final decisons in 2010 are expected in late-August. We are not accepting work via email at this time. Submissions without SASE (that includes envelopes without stamps) will NOT BE READ)
Send 4-5 poems or 1-2 short stories or works of creative non-fiction (10 page maximum) or one-act play (no longer than 10-pages total). Manuscripts must be typed, with writer's name and address at the top of each page. Also, please number your poems by placing a number at the top of each poem next to its title. Sin Fronteras does not at this time. Writings are judged on merit, regardless of subject matter. Payment is one copy of the annual journal.
Also, please include a cover letter, short bio (2-3 sentences), phone and email address. All manuscripts will be recycled at the end of our reading period. Final decisons in 2010 are expected in late-August. We are not accepting work via email at this time. Submissions without SASE (that includes envelopes without stamps) will NOT BE READ)
Send 4-5 poems or 1-2 short stories or works of creative non-fiction (10 page maximum) or one-act play (no longer than 10-pages total). Manuscripts must be typed, with writer's name and address at the top of each page. Also, please number your poems by placing a number at the top of each poem next to its title. Sin Fronteras does not at this time. Writings are judged on merit, regardless of subject matter. Payment is one copy of the annual journal.
06/26/2010: Peter Bacho at the Seattle Public Library
Meet author Peter Bacho at the Columbia Branch Saturday, June 26, 2010, 3 – 4pm
Peter Bacho, award-winning Filipino-American author, reads from his first young adult novel, Leaving Yesler.
Leaving Yesler encounters seventeen year-old Bobby Vincente in the wake of his older brother’s military death; faced with the challenge of caring for his aging father, this young man from urban Seattle’s housing projects is forced to take control of his life and identity as he traverses a period of life-altering change marked by new interests, new challenges, and ultimately, new life.
This program is presented in partnership with The Elliott Bay Book Co. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Peter Bacho, award-winning Filipino-American author, reads from his first young adult novel, Leaving Yesler.
Leaving Yesler encounters seventeen year-old Bobby Vincente in the wake of his older brother’s military death; faced with the challenge of caring for his aging father, this young man from urban Seattle’s housing projects is forced to take control of his life and identity as he traverses a period of life-altering change marked by new interests, new challenges, and ultimately, new life.
This program is presented in partnership with The Elliott Bay Book Co. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Litmag for Writers of Color Seeks Interns (USA)
From the Asia Writes blog:
Kweli is a newborn journal and yet it is set to become home to the most curious and most compelling artists of color. As a collective, their work reflects a world that is "complex, multi-vocal and contradictory." Recent and forthcoming contributors to Kweli include Nelly Rosario, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Lorna Goodison, Victor LaValle, and Santee Frazier.
Kweli is looking for highly motivated editorial interns who want to learn the literary journal business. Intern responsibilities include reviewing manuscripts, conducting research, and assisting with administrative tasks. Kweli needs interns that are detail-oriented, close readers, and strong writers. Internships are generally unpaid; interns must work a minimum of 8-10 hours per week. Artists of color are encouraged to apply. Research will be on two fronts:
Kweli is a newborn journal and yet it is set to become home to the most curious and most compelling artists of color. As a collective, their work reflects a world that is "complex, multi-vocal and contradictory." Recent and forthcoming contributors to Kweli include Nelly Rosario, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Lorna Goodison, Victor LaValle, and Santee Frazier.
Kweli is looking for highly motivated editorial interns who want to learn the literary journal business. Intern responsibilities include reviewing manuscripts, conducting research, and assisting with administrative tasks. Kweli needs interns that are detail-oriented, close readers, and strong writers. Internships are generally unpaid; interns must work a minimum of 8-10 hours per week. Artists of color are encouraged to apply. Research will be on two fronts:
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
06/21/2010: Jason Bayani at Bar 13: louderARTS (NY)
Join us for an evening of happy, uplifting and generally positive poems to be shared in our 17 poems and no despair SLAM. If you're looking for a positive thing to focus on, how about our features: Women of the World Poetry Slam CHAMPION Eboni Hogan and Bay Area Legend Jason Bayani! We are so thrilled to have both of these poets grace our stage. Signup for the Open Mic and Slam goes out at 7:00PM sharp--show starts at 7:30.
Bar 13
35 East 13th Street
New York NY 10003
Read more.
Bar 13
35 East 13th Street
New York NY 10003
Read more.
Call for Submissions: Visual Artists (counterPULSE)
From counterPULSE:
This fall, CounterPULSE will collaborate with the California Institute for Integral Studies and the Alliance of California Traditional Arts to host a visual arts exhibit in conjunction with our Performing Diaspora programming. Here is the call for submissions/nominations:
The ARTS at CIIS is seeking submissions by, and/or suggestions/nominations of, California-based artists who are challenging, expanding or experimenting with traditional forms or styles from their cultural backgrounds.
Exhibition concept statement:
This exhibit will explore the diverse ways in which contemporary artists are employing traditions that are reflective of their cultural backgrounds to address issues of identity and locality. Continuity with the past, community consciousness and contemporary issues will be expressed in the works. This provocative juxtaposition will highlight both the confluence of rich and multilayered identities that this inheritance can offer, as well as issues of dislocation or/and negotiation that the artists encounter when creating work that emanates from both the collective and singular voice. Tradition serves as the wellspring and animating force to be explored in this exhibit.
This fall, CounterPULSE will collaborate with the California Institute for Integral Studies and the Alliance of California Traditional Arts to host a visual arts exhibit in conjunction with our Performing Diaspora programming. Here is the call for submissions/nominations:
The ARTS at CIIS is seeking submissions by, and/or suggestions/nominations of, California-based artists who are challenging, expanding or experimenting with traditional forms or styles from their cultural backgrounds.
Exhibition concept statement:
This exhibit will explore the diverse ways in which contemporary artists are employing traditions that are reflective of their cultural backgrounds to address issues of identity and locality. Continuity with the past, community consciousness and contemporary issues will be expressed in the works. This provocative juxtaposition will highlight both the confluence of rich and multilayered identities that this inheritance can offer, as well as issues of dislocation or/and negotiation that the artists encounter when creating work that emanates from both the collective and singular voice. Tradition serves as the wellspring and animating force to be explored in this exhibit.
06/10 - 07/30/2010: GOLD STANDARD: NINE ASIAN/ AMERICAN MODERNIST ARTISTS at Togonon Gallery (SF)
Exhibition: June 10 - July 10, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 12 5pm - 7pm
Panel Discussion: Saturday, June 26, 3-4 pm
Striking Gold: Revisiting California's Asian-American Pioneer Artists
Moderator: De Witt Cheng; Panelists: Mark Johnson, Paul Karlstrom and George Miyasaki
77 Geary Street Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
http://togonongallery.com
06/23/2010: Postal Americana by Alison M. de la Cruz - the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute at EAST WEST PLAYERS (Los Angeles)
WEDNESDAY, June 23 @ 8pm
POSTAL AMERICANA
by Alison M. De La Cruz
For the last five years Joanne has been sleep walking through her life. She daydreams flashbacks of her childhood hero, Joseph the Mail Man, and wakes in 2004, to the nightmare of losing her house and marriage. Forced to move back in with her Dad and reconcile the losses of her life, she seeks advice from the angel of Joseph Ileto. Is it coincidence, signs from the universe, or simply 5 years of unopened bills?
DHHWI NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
Writing is Rewriting Workshop Leader: Prince Gomolvilas; Playwriting Workshop Leader: Dorie Baizley
Thirteen Works In Progress from the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute at EAST WEST PLAYERS
The David Henry Hwang Writers Institute is supported in part by the James Irvine Foundation.
THE DAVID HENRY HWANG THEATER AT THE UNION CENTER FOR THE ARTS
120 Judge John Aiso Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
POSTAL AMERICANA
by Alison M. De La Cruz
For the last five years Joanne has been sleep walking through her life. She daydreams flashbacks of her childhood hero, Joseph the Mail Man, and wakes in 2004, to the nightmare of losing her house and marriage. Forced to move back in with her Dad and reconcile the losses of her life, she seeks advice from the angel of Joseph Ileto. Is it coincidence, signs from the universe, or simply 5 years of unopened bills?
DHHWI NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
Writing is Rewriting Workshop Leader: Prince Gomolvilas; Playwriting Workshop Leader: Dorie Baizley
Thirteen Works In Progress from the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute at EAST WEST PLAYERS
The David Henry Hwang Writers Institute is supported in part by the James Irvine Foundation.
THE DAVID HENRY HWANG THEATER AT THE UNION CENTER FOR THE ARTS
120 Judge John Aiso Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
06/18/2010: Family Style Open Mic: My Eye Sits At Your Heart (Philadelphia)
From the Hyphen magazine blog:
Friday June 18th -- Philadelphia
Family Style Open Mic: My Eye Sits At Your Heart
This edition of the monthly Family Style Open Mic Series presents "My Eye Sits At Your Heart: Seeking Truth and Claiming Identity". Hosted by Yellow Rage (Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh), and featuring D.C.-based spoken word poet jenny c. lares.
7:30 pm
Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine St, Philadelphia
$5-10 sliding scale; tickets here.
Friday June 18th -- Philadelphia
Family Style Open Mic: My Eye Sits At Your Heart
This edition of the monthly Family Style Open Mic Series presents "My Eye Sits At Your Heart: Seeking Truth and Claiming Identity". Hosted by Yellow Rage (Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh), and featuring D.C.-based spoken word poet jenny c. lares.
7:30 pm
Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine St, Philadelphia
$5-10 sliding scale; tickets here.
phati’tude Literary Magazine Announces Publication of its New Issue
Poets and writers featured in this issue include:
Sherman Alexie * Ammiel Alcalay * Meena Alexander * Karen Alkalay-Gut * Meliza Bañales * Oscar Bermeo * Tara Betts * Shane Book * Christine Bousfield * Iain Britton * Meilani Clay * Kevin Coval * Kimberly Curtis * Aya de León * Heid E. Erdrich * Jaime “Shaggy” Flores * Reesha Geppert * Mark Gibbons * Zahra Gordon * Lawson Fusao Inada * Richard Jackson * Richard Kostelanetz * Nomy Lamm * Heather Lea * Shirley Bradley LeFlore * Angelica Le Minh * Timothy Liu * Monica S. Macansantos * Stephen Mead * Tony Medina * Jesús Papoleto Meléndez * Nancy Mercado * Opal Moore * Jada-Gabrielle Pape * Silas Parry * Craig Santos Perez * James G. Piatt * Richard L. Provencher * Michael Lee Rattigan * Alberto RÃos * Ruth L. Schwartz * Sue Sinclair * Martha Vertreace-Doody * A.D. Wiegert * Changming Yuan
The issue will be available the second week of June on CreateSpace.com and Amazon.com.
More information here.
TAYO Workshops and Reading Nights
From the Asia Writes blog:
TAYO is the Tagalog word for We or Us, and to Stand Up.
TAYO is geared towards one purpose: bringing the Filipino-American community together through the arts. We empower Filipino-Americans through creative forms of expression, such as poetry, essays, photography, paintings and drawings. Together, we can capture the complexity of our culture and community.
TAYO will begin a series of writing/drawing workshops, to begin in late July/early August. If you'd like to be more involved in small-group workshops to help improve your literary or artistic skills, please email our Content Coordinator Paolo at paolo@tayoliterarymag.com.com to find out more.
TAYO will also host its first TAYO Reading @ the Beach this coming August, date TBA. Come join other aspiring writers, TAYO supporters, and beach lovers in an afternoon of literary exploration and sandy fun!
More information here.
TAYO is the Tagalog word for We or Us, and to Stand Up.
TAYO is geared towards one purpose: bringing the Filipino-American community together through the arts. We empower Filipino-Americans through creative forms of expression, such as poetry, essays, photography, paintings and drawings. Together, we can capture the complexity of our culture and community.
TAYO will begin a series of writing/drawing workshops, to begin in late July/early August. If you'd like to be more involved in small-group workshops to help improve your literary or artistic skills, please email our Content Coordinator Paolo at paolo@tayoliterarymag.com.com to find out more.
TAYO will also host its first TAYO Reading @ the Beach this coming August, date TBA. Come join other aspiring writers, TAYO supporters, and beach lovers in an afternoon of literary exploration and sandy fun!
More information here.
Call for Submissions: Love Stories (edited by Brainard and Orosa)
From the Asia Writes blog:
This is a call for submissions of short stories (fiction) for an anthology tentatively titled, LOVE STORIES (not just romantic love). The book will be co-edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa . Contributors will receive copies of the book as compensation for the use of their work.
The manuscript should be approximately 10 pages long, typed, double-spaced (approximately 2,500 words) and should include your contact information on the first page. This can be emailed to cbrainard@gmail.com or to marilyo@yahoo.com.
You may also send it by air mail to:
Cecilia Brainard
c/o PALH
PO Box 5099
Santa Monica, CA 90409
USA
This is a call for submissions of short stories (fiction) for an anthology tentatively titled, LOVE STORIES (not just romantic love). The book will be co-edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa . Contributors will receive copies of the book as compensation for the use of their work.
The manuscript should be approximately 10 pages long, typed, double-spaced (approximately 2,500 words) and should include your contact information on the first page. This can be emailed to cbrainard@gmail.com or to marilyo@yahoo.com.
You may also send it by air mail to:
Cecilia Brainard
c/o PALH
PO Box 5099
Santa Monica, CA 90409
USA
06/23/2010: Reading by Nelson George & Jessica Hagedorn at the Montauk Club (NY)
From the Asian American Writers' Workshop:
Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 8:00pm
Reading by Nelson George & Jessica Hagedorn at the Montauk Club
The Montauk Club is pleased to announce an evening celebrating literature as part of our new reading series, No Book Jackets Required. Featuring authors Nelson George and Jessica Hagedorn and curated by James Hannaham, the event is produced in partnership with Ringshout and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. The reading will take place at 8 PM, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, in the historic 120 year-old Ballroom at the Montauk Club, 25 Eighth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn (adjacent to Grand Army Plaza). Authors will read from recent work, followed by a panel discussion with a cocktail hour and tour of the club’s landmark building afterward.
The ticket price is free to club members and $5 for non-members; drink tickets for cocktails, wine, beer and non-alcoholic drinks can be purchased. Seating is limited: please RSVP by June 20, 2010 to manager@montaukclub.com.
The Montauk Club is a historic landmark in Park Slope, Brooklyn, designed by architect Francis H. Kimball in a unique combination of Venetian Gothic and Native American motifs. Its splendid interiors are host to a diverse number of cultural programs, including arts events, wine tastings, concerts and film screenings. We are glad to host this evening showcasing some of America's most exciting contemporary voices in fiction and culture. We hope you can join us!
@ Montauk Club
25 Eighth Avenue
Grand Army Plaza
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 8:00pm
Reading by Nelson George & Jessica Hagedorn at the Montauk Club
The Montauk Club is pleased to announce an evening celebrating literature as part of our new reading series, No Book Jackets Required. Featuring authors Nelson George and Jessica Hagedorn and curated by James Hannaham, the event is produced in partnership with Ringshout and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. The reading will take place at 8 PM, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, in the historic 120 year-old Ballroom at the Montauk Club, 25 Eighth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn (adjacent to Grand Army Plaza). Authors will read from recent work, followed by a panel discussion with a cocktail hour and tour of the club’s landmark building afterward.
The ticket price is free to club members and $5 for non-members; drink tickets for cocktails, wine, beer and non-alcoholic drinks can be purchased. Seating is limited: please RSVP by June 20, 2010 to manager@montaukclub.com.
The Montauk Club is a historic landmark in Park Slope, Brooklyn, designed by architect Francis H. Kimball in a unique combination of Venetian Gothic and Native American motifs. Its splendid interiors are host to a diverse number of cultural programs, including arts events, wine tastings, concerts and film screenings. We are glad to host this evening showcasing some of America's most exciting contemporary voices in fiction and culture. We hope you can join us!
@ Montauk Club
25 Eighth Avenue
Grand Army Plaza
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Review: Gizelle Gajelonia's 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at TheBus'
From the Tarpaulin Sky blog:
Using the bus as a metaphor, she routes through languages (English, Filipino, Pidgin H.C.E., and Hawai`ian), geography, history, American poetry, as well as the polarity between perceptions of Hawai`i and the realities. The title piece, the first of the book, revises Wallace Stevens’ poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” Of the thirteen poems in the book, seven of them are revision poems, five of those are such American canonical classics as Stevens’ aforementioned poem, Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Moose,” and most notably, T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” While it is not essential that the reader know the originals, familiarity with them does increase the richness of her art. The intertextuality, in some cases, polarizes the contrast between the American base of the revised poems and the Hawai`ian base of Gajelonia’s poems.
Read more.
Using the bus as a metaphor, she routes through languages (English, Filipino, Pidgin H.C.E., and Hawai`ian), geography, history, American poetry, as well as the polarity between perceptions of Hawai`i and the realities. The title piece, the first of the book, revises Wallace Stevens’ poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” Of the thirteen poems in the book, seven of them are revision poems, five of those are such American canonical classics as Stevens’ aforementioned poem, Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Moose,” and most notably, T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” While it is not essential that the reader know the originals, familiarity with them does increase the richness of her art. The intertextuality, in some cases, polarizes the contrast between the American base of the revised poems and the Hawai`ian base of Gajelonia’s poems.
Read more.
Poems as Evidence | Melissa Roxas @ Delirious Hem
From Delirious Hem:
What shaped me as a person and as a poet are the deep connections to peoples’ stories and their struggles, and a deep commitment to working towards a better world, without oppression and exploitation. From a very young age, the more I sought to understand the world around me, understand my experiences, and where I fit in, the more I felt committed to issues dealing with my immigrant family’s story, my own people’s history—with all its conflicts and contradictions—and how that has shaped me as a woman, as a Filipina American. As I became more involved in social justice work and human rights work both here in the U.S. and in the Philippines, more and more the subject of my poetry addressed these issues of oppression and injustice.Read more.
I had been working with various poor and marginalized communities in the Philippines when I was abducted, held in secret detention, and tortured by the agents of the Philippine military on May 19, 2009. During those six days that I was in secret detention what came from my body was an internal language that kept repeating certain phrases, certain images. The poems that follow are very raw versions of poems. After surfacing, I wanted to commit to paper these images and words that kept repeating in my mind. During the solitary confinement, secret detention, and torture, it was my protest against the inhumanity and the violence, so I include them in their raw forms here as a testimony to that time.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
UW's School of Rap: Why the University of Washington created a class that's bigger than hip-hop.
From Seattle Weekly:
While George Quibuyen was studying history and American ethnic studies at the University of Washington in the early 2000s, he was introduced to a musically inclined classmate named Saba Mohajerjasbi, studying economics. In short order the duo began making politically charged hip-hop as Blue Scholars, shooting to the forefront of Seattle's hip-hop revival during the past decade.
At the time, the hip-hop scene had yet to find footing on campus, and the lack of all-ages hip-hop shows in Seattle led a group of like-minded students to form the Student Hip-Hop Organization of Washington. The group strove to ensure the art had a presence, hosting concerts and other events at the school's Ethnic Cultural Center. Institutional support was a distant dream.
Recently the inconceivable became reality. Now better known as Geologic, Quibuyen was contacted by Third Andresen—once a fellow collaborator in the Filipino-American arts collective Isang Mahal, now a Ph.D. student in the UW College of Education—to speak on his hip-hop experience to the students in a class titled It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop.
Read more.
While George Quibuyen was studying history and American ethnic studies at the University of Washington in the early 2000s, he was introduced to a musically inclined classmate named Saba Mohajerjasbi, studying economics. In short order the duo began making politically charged hip-hop as Blue Scholars, shooting to the forefront of Seattle's hip-hop revival during the past decade.
At the time, the hip-hop scene had yet to find footing on campus, and the lack of all-ages hip-hop shows in Seattle led a group of like-minded students to form the Student Hip-Hop Organization of Washington. The group strove to ensure the art had a presence, hosting concerts and other events at the school's Ethnic Cultural Center. Institutional support was a distant dream.
Recently the inconceivable became reality. Now better known as Geologic, Quibuyen was contacted by Third Andresen—once a fellow collaborator in the Filipino-American arts collective Isang Mahal, now a Ph.D. student in the UW College of Education—to speak on his hip-hop experience to the students in a class titled It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop.
Read more.
06/11 - 06/30/2010: Abraham Menor, 'Amidst the Hype' (San Jose)
"Abraham Menor is a community organizer/worker and photographer based in San Jose, California. Menor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from California State University at Hayward. When he is not working as a “at-risk” youth case manager, he is armed with his camera, ready to capture the next fleeting moment. His love for the camera began in the late 90’s. His subject matter was initially graffiti. Menor sought to document the culture surrounding such an art form. Shortly thereafter, he developed a passion to document his daily interactions with people, places, and things. Menor’s goal is to tell stories using his camera.
With a background in sociology and a love for photography, Menor realized that he can combine the two together. The result is photography that analyzes and examines human social behavior and society. In the past, he has documented various social and political movements such as the anti-war movement, the Filipino World War II Veterans Equity Movement, the Silence the Violence Day, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Train March. Menor also documents Hip Hop culture and the different sub-culture of the streets. These two cultures have greatly influenced the manner in which Menor captures and documents an image. As a participant and observer, Menor is able to capture moments that are fresh and raw yet honest and real."
Show duration: June 11-30, 2010
Empire Seven Studios
525 N 7th Street, San Jose, CA 95112
www.empiresevenstudios.com
Abe Menor website: www.brainsoiled.com
06/22/2010: Tracking Changes: Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Gina Apostol, and Purvi Shah (NY)
From Asian American Writers' Workshop:
June 22, 2010, 7PM-9PM
Tracking Changes: Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Gina Apostol, and Purvi Shah
How does movement—social, political or physical—affect our personal identities and those placed upon us? Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Gina Apostol, and Purvi Shah each address the shifting nature of identity and its relationship with movement in different ways. Sueyeun Juliette Lee's most recent collection of poetry focuses on Korea and explores how national structures and identities affect human psyches. Gina Apostol's work explores the affect of both historical events and the written word on her characters. Purvi Shah's work explores migration as potential and loss.
@ Nodutdol
53-22 Roosevelt Ave, Second Floor
Woodside, NY
7 train to 52nd street
Free and open to the public
June 22, 2010, 7PM-9PM
Tracking Changes: Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Gina Apostol, and Purvi Shah
How does movement—social, political or physical—affect our personal identities and those placed upon us? Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Gina Apostol, and Purvi Shah each address the shifting nature of identity and its relationship with movement in different ways. Sueyeun Juliette Lee's most recent collection of poetry focuses on Korea and explores how national structures and identities affect human psyches. Gina Apostol's work explores the affect of both historical events and the written word on her characters. Purvi Shah's work explores migration as potential and loss.
@ Nodutdol
53-22 Roosevelt Ave, Second Floor
Woodside, NY
7 train to 52nd street
Free and open to the public
Review: Power Struggle, 'Remittances'
From Kiwi's blog:
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Honesty in artistry is hard to come by nowadays, especially in rap music. A scene once admired for its fearlessness and originality has essentially been boxed in by the very beast it fought so hard to go against: the mainstream. What was once considered “underground” is now on display in boutique windows; what bougie-ass folks used to fear and misunderstand has become safe for consumption. Rarely does someone come around who throws all of these norms out the window, and challenges the status quo with their own voice, vision, and story.
Enter Nomi from Power Struggle. Now, sometimes I can’t tell whether Power Struggle is a group or a person, but that’s beyond the point. Maybe it’s simply what the name implies: a fight to gain power. Or in the case of poor and working class people, the battle for equality and dignity. And with Power Struggle’s music, beneath all the hard beats and vocal stylings are words and experiences that clearly reflect that.
Read more.
Asia Pacific Forum: 05/25/2010 Show
In this special two-hour show, we turn our attention to the Filipino history, culture and politics. The Philippines was the first Asian colony to successfully defeat a Western power, providing inspiration for anti-colonial movements in nearby Indonesia and as far away as Cuba and Puerto Rico. We’ll discuss the legacy of its tumultuous relationship with the budding US Empire, its hundred year-long struggle to build democracy, the politics of the post-Marcos era and the significance of the recent presidential elections.
Call for Submissions: Asian Women Writers and Artists
From the Asia Writes blog:
V is getting ready for its 1st Annual Anthology. V invites submissions from all Asian Women Writers and Artists. The details of the submissions are as follows:
The theme is friction or conflict within Asian communities settled outside their home countries. The conflict could be either within one single community, i.e. Raising an issue or between two different communities. The nature of conflict is up to the writer’s choice. We just want to say that although we are very different, we love, hate, befriend, betray each other but still we are one. It would be really great if you could contribute either poetry, short fiction or an article or all three.
There's no restrictions on the flight of imagination. Take this opportunity to be as wild and as creative as possible as the anthology will be a mirror reflecting the talents of Asian Women across the world.
The words limits are as below:
Micro fiction – 150 to 300 words
Short Story – 1000 – 20, 000 words
Articles – 2000 to 5000 words
Poems – 300 – 2000 words
The last date to submit any one or all three pieces of work is 31st July 2010.
The short listed works will be published in the form of an Anthology. Unfortunately at this time we are unable to reward the contributors with anything else apart from the satisfaction of publication. But in case our situation changes we will let the word out as soon as possible.
V has already received a number of submissions for short listing so please remember the closing date and get writing.
More information here.
V is getting ready for its 1st Annual Anthology. V invites submissions from all Asian Women Writers and Artists. The details of the submissions are as follows:
The theme is friction or conflict within Asian communities settled outside their home countries. The conflict could be either within one single community, i.e. Raising an issue or between two different communities. The nature of conflict is up to the writer’s choice. We just want to say that although we are very different, we love, hate, befriend, betray each other but still we are one. It would be really great if you could contribute either poetry, short fiction or an article or all three.
There's no restrictions on the flight of imagination. Take this opportunity to be as wild and as creative as possible as the anthology will be a mirror reflecting the talents of Asian Women across the world.
The words limits are as below:
Micro fiction – 150 to 300 words
Short Story – 1000 – 20, 000 words
Articles – 2000 to 5000 words
Poems – 300 – 2000 words
The last date to submit any one or all three pieces of work is 31st July 2010.
The short listed works will be published in the form of an Anthology. Unfortunately at this time we are unable to reward the contributors with anything else apart from the satisfaction of publication. But in case our situation changes we will let the word out as soon as possible.
V has already received a number of submissions for short listing so please remember the closing date and get writing.
More information here.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Lantern Review: Issue One is Now Live
At long last, the inaugural issue of Lantern Review is now live on our web site!
We’re thrilled to be able to present a volume of more than 30 extraordinary pieces, in a wide range of styles, and by poets of multiple generations. Contributors to this issue include Eileen Tabios, Jon Pineda, Barbara Jane Reyes, Luisa Igloria, Angela Veronica Wong, Changming Yuan, Melissa Roxas, Sankar Roy, Subhashini Kaligotla, Vanni Taing, Rachelle Cruz, Jai Arun Ravine, Craig Santos Perez, as well as many others. The issue also includes a special feature devoted to work created in the context of Kundiman’s vibrant community, in the form of our Community Voices section. Before entering the issue, you might want to take a moment to check out our recommendations for optimum viewing, located here. If you want to proceed to the issue right away, click here or on the cover image at the top left of this post.
We are still very much learners when it comes to producing and supporting a web-hosted magazine, so we’d appreciate any feedback or questions you might have about readability and navigation issues. (Feel free to drop us a line via email).
Thank you so much to all of you for your continued support, enthusiasm, and patience as we’ve wrestled with the process of making our dream become a reality. We are honored to have the opportunity to present such a stellar body of work in our very first issue, and hope that you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Many thanks again,
Iris & Mia
LR Editorial Board
Call for Submissions: Native Literatures
From the Asia Writes blog:
NLG is dedicated to providing a global forum for original works of literature by writers from the indigenous nations of North America and Hawai’i. Our goal is to support writers in their endeavors by offering a venue linking them with new audiences and potential publishers. Moreover, our magazine is designed to generate funds to provide financial support for writers through scholarships for their studies or for specific writing projects. NLG is a quarterly, with content accessible online for three months with rights reverting to authors thereafter.
Submissions:
NLG is seeking original, unpublished works by writers from the indigenous nations of North America and Hawai’i. We publish in all genres: poetry, fiction (short stories but also novel excerpts if self-contained), creative nonfiction, drama and mixed-genre/media. We are seeking works that extend this body of literature by avoiding cliché and trite conventions through risk-taking and experimentation, but also through distinctive and engaging voices, exciting and innovative approaches. For full submission guidelines, please visit our website. For information, contact info@nativeliteratures.com or submissions@nativeliteratures.com.
More information here.
NLG is dedicated to providing a global forum for original works of literature by writers from the indigenous nations of North America and Hawai’i. Our goal is to support writers in their endeavors by offering a venue linking them with new audiences and potential publishers. Moreover, our magazine is designed to generate funds to provide financial support for writers through scholarships for their studies or for specific writing projects. NLG is a quarterly, with content accessible online for three months with rights reverting to authors thereafter.
Submissions:
NLG is seeking original, unpublished works by writers from the indigenous nations of North America and Hawai’i. We publish in all genres: poetry, fiction (short stories but also novel excerpts if self-contained), creative nonfiction, drama and mixed-genre/media. We are seeking works that extend this body of literature by avoiding cliché and trite conventions through risk-taking and experimentation, but also through distinctive and engaging voices, exciting and innovative approaches. For full submission guidelines, please visit our website. For information, contact info@nativeliteratures.com or submissions@nativeliteratures.com.
More information here.
06/19/2010: Karen Llagas at M. Coffee (Half Moon Bay)
M.COFFEE features
Karen Llagas
Third Saturday Poetry
Sat., June 19, 7pm
Karen Llagas’ poems have appeared in Crab Orchard Review, {m}aganda magazine, Broadsided Press, Quay and Wompherence, as well as in the anthologies Field of Mirrors (PAWA, 2008) and The Place the Inhabits Us: Poems of the San Francisco Bay Area Watershed (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2010). She's a recipient of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize and a Hedgebrook residency (where she has received a 2010 Elizabeth George Award), and holds an MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. She lives in San Francisco and works as a Tagalog interpreter & instructor, and a poet-teacher with the California Poets in the Schools (CPITS). Her first book, ARCHIPELAGO DUST, won the Filamore Tabios Sr. Memorial Poetry Prize and will be published by Meritage Press in 2010.
M.COFFEE
522 Main St.
Half Moon Bay
650) 726-6241
Karen Llagas
Third Saturday Poetry
Sat., June 19, 7pm
Karen Llagas’ poems have appeared in Crab Orchard Review, {m}aganda magazine, Broadsided Press, Quay and Wompherence, as well as in the anthologies Field of Mirrors (PAWA, 2008) and The Place the Inhabits Us: Poems of the San Francisco Bay Area Watershed (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2010). She's a recipient of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize and a Hedgebrook residency (where she has received a 2010 Elizabeth George Award), and holds an MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. She lives in San Francisco and works as a Tagalog interpreter & instructor, and a poet-teacher with the California Poets in the Schools (CPITS). Her first book, ARCHIPELAGO DUST, won the Filamore Tabios Sr. Memorial Poetry Prize and will be published by Meritage Press in 2010.
M.COFFEE
522 Main St.
Half Moon Bay
650) 726-6241
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Report Back: PAWA at Eth-Noh-Tec
June Salon: Last weekend marked the last of the 5th year series of "Salon! You're ON!". As another wonderful season came to a close, we have much to be grateful for. Frist and foremost- all the incredible Bay Area talent that made this possible. With over 8 events, 400 people attending, and 60 participating artists, painters, writers, poets, film makers, songwriters, playwright, storytellers, public artists, musicians and dancers, and choirs we are so thankful to have created such an array of artistry. We can all feel so proud to be a part of this diverse cultural region known.
Read more on Allan Manalo, Aileen Ibardaloza, Sean San Jose & Rick Saenz, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, Nara Denning, and Ron Quesada.
Read more on Allan Manalo, Aileen Ibardaloza, Sean San Jose & Rick Saenz, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, Nara Denning, and Ron Quesada.
06/25/2010: Kundiman Retreat Reading (NY)
2010 Kundiman Retreat Reading
Description
Come and join Kundiman in the midst of our 7th annual Asian American Poetry Retreat! Celebrate with us on our inaugural year in NYC. This reading is our only stint in Manhattan: for the rest of the week we're cocooned in our poetry wilderness at Rose Hills.
Hear our wonderful, intrepid & kick-ass Kundiman Retreat faculty members Tan Lin, Paisley Rekdal & Regie Cabico + a handful of Kundie fellows
Reception to follow
Free & open to the public
Directions:
Take A, B, C, D & 1 trains to Columbus Circle.
Exit at 60th Street & Broadway.
Go west of Columbus Ave. to Fordham University.
Upon entering the glass doors inform the security desk that you are attending the poetry reading event.
Take escalators up 1 floor to Plaza level. Take elevator up to the 11th floor. Take stairs 1 flight up to the 12th Floor. Enter 12th Floor Lounge.
http://www.kundiman.org/retreat/
| Date: | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:00pm - 9:00pm |
| Location: | Fordham University @ Lincoln Center, 12th Floor Lounge |
| Street: | 113 West 60th Street & Columbus Avenue |
| City/Town: | New York, NY |
Description
Come and join Kundiman in the midst of our 7th annual Asian American Poetry Retreat! Celebrate with us on our inaugural year in NYC. This reading is our only stint in Manhattan: for the rest of the week we're cocooned in our poetry wilderness at Rose Hills.
Hear our wonderful, intrepid & kick-ass Kundiman Retreat faculty members Tan Lin, Paisley Rekdal & Regie Cabico + a handful of Kundie fellows
Reception to follow
Free & open to the public
Directions:
Take A, B, C, D & 1 trains to Columbus Circle.
Exit at 60th Street & Broadway.
Go west of Columbus Ave. to Fordham University.
Upon entering the glass doors inform the security desk that you are attending the poetry reading event.
Take escalators up 1 floor to Plaza level. Take elevator up to the 11th floor. Take stairs 1 flight up to the 12th Floor. Enter 12th Floor Lounge.
http://www.kundiman.org/retreat/
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Call for Submissions: Asian American Anthology (Thymos)
From the Asia Writes blog:
What does it mean to be an Asian American in the twenty-first century?
From the mainstream perspective, tired stereotypes about Asian people as model minorities, asexual techno-geeks, hypersexual dragon ladies, or perpetual foreigners still persist–though often concealed behind politically correct slogans like colorblindness and diversity.
One racial obstacle that Asian Americans thus face is the inability to claim an identity and culture that are defined by the Asian American community itself, rather than how mainstream society defines us. Whether it’s dealing with popular stereotypes or the effects of racism, many such issues ultimately stem from a lack of power.
This includes the power to express our lives, histories, and beliefs in a manner that is true to our lived experiences. And in an era where the media has vast influence to shape the very nature of Asian America for both ourselves and others, this is more important than ever.
With this book project, we are taking responsibility for telling our own stories. The project is an anthology that will compile the experiences of Asian Americans. We want people to tell their stories in their own words; communicate perspectives that challenge or transcend mainstream stereotypes; or simply relate something uniquely personal as an Asian American.
These experiences may be profound. They may be prosaic. But they always remain true to their source and inspiration.
What does it mean to be an Asian American in the twenty-first century?
From the mainstream perspective, tired stereotypes about Asian people as model minorities, asexual techno-geeks, hypersexual dragon ladies, or perpetual foreigners still persist–though often concealed behind politically correct slogans like colorblindness and diversity.
One racial obstacle that Asian Americans thus face is the inability to claim an identity and culture that are defined by the Asian American community itself, rather than how mainstream society defines us. Whether it’s dealing with popular stereotypes or the effects of racism, many such issues ultimately stem from a lack of power.
This includes the power to express our lives, histories, and beliefs in a manner that is true to our lived experiences. And in an era where the media has vast influence to shape the very nature of Asian America for both ourselves and others, this is more important than ever.
With this book project, we are taking responsibility for telling our own stories. The project is an anthology that will compile the experiences of Asian Americans. We want people to tell their stories in their own words; communicate perspectives that challenge or transcend mainstream stereotypes; or simply relate something uniquely personal as an Asian American.
These experiences may be profound. They may be prosaic. But they always remain true to their source and inspiration.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Press Release: Walang Hiya Anthology
WALANG HIYA…LITERATURE TAKING RISKS TOWARD LIBERATORY PRACTICE AVAILABLE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY 2010
New Literary Anthology Features 32 Filipino Writers on the Verge
(San Francisco, CA) Presented by Carayan Press, Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice is a groundbreaking collection of poetry and short fiction by today’s most established and anticipated Filipino and Filipino-American Writers. Walang Hiya, a term traditionally used to shame has been reclaimed through this body of work to examine the taboo in our communities with fresh, honest and unflinching voices.
Educators and community groups can also use the collection as a tool in the classroom. Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice features a study guide to creatively explore the themes of migration, identity and empowerment.
Advance Praise:
“I say the hidden cultural meaning of Walang Hiya is “Bring It On.” This collection certainly brings it on with all of the melodrama, pleasure seeking, and comedy that is identity and the diaspora.”
- Joel B. Tan, author of “Monster” and “Type O Negative”
“Walanghiya ka (You have no shame.) Nakakahiya. (It is shameful). Mahiya ka naman (You should be ashamed of yourself.). In Philippine culture, these words are meant to shame not only those who are corrupt or intentionally harm others but also those who are different, unique, radical. This amazing anthology…affirms that the process of reclaiming a word signifies a liberating ideology, and features engaging, interrogative, and brilliantly written texts that enable us to understand diaspora nationalism.”
- Joi Barrios, Lecturer of Filipino and Philippine Literature, University of California Berkeley
WHAT: Release of Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice
WHO: Featuring 32 Filipino and Filipino Writers. Edited by Lolan Buhain Sevilla and Roseli Ilano.
WHERE: Available for direct order at www.walanghiyaanthology.com, www.carayanpress.org, and independent booksellers near you beginning June 12, 2010.
PRICE: $18.95
New Literary Anthology Features 32 Filipino Writers on the Verge
(San Francisco, CA) Presented by Carayan Press, Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice is a groundbreaking collection of poetry and short fiction by today’s most established and anticipated Filipino and Filipino-American Writers. Walang Hiya, a term traditionally used to shame has been reclaimed through this body of work to examine the taboo in our communities with fresh, honest and unflinching voices.
Educators and community groups can also use the collection as a tool in the classroom. Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice features a study guide to creatively explore the themes of migration, identity and empowerment.
Advance Praise:
“I say the hidden cultural meaning of Walang Hiya is “Bring It On.” This collection certainly brings it on with all of the melodrama, pleasure seeking, and comedy that is identity and the diaspora.”
- Joel B. Tan, author of “Monster” and “Type O Negative”
“Walanghiya ka (You have no shame.) Nakakahiya. (It is shameful). Mahiya ka naman (You should be ashamed of yourself.). In Philippine culture, these words are meant to shame not only those who are corrupt or intentionally harm others but also those who are different, unique, radical. This amazing anthology…affirms that the process of reclaiming a word signifies a liberating ideology, and features engaging, interrogative, and brilliantly written texts that enable us to understand diaspora nationalism.”
- Joi Barrios, Lecturer of Filipino and Philippine Literature, University of California Berkeley
WHAT: Release of Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice
WHO: Featuring 32 Filipino and Filipino Writers. Edited by Lolan Buhain Sevilla and Roseli Ilano.
WHERE: Available for direct order at www.walanghiyaanthology.com, www.carayanpress.org, and independent booksellers near you beginning June 12, 2010.
PRICE: $18.95
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