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Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. -- Vaclav Havel "When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS." -- Mahatma Gandhi ***************************** Announcements NEW! BODY AND SOUL DANCE PODCAST GOES INDEPENDENT! You can now find Body and Soul podcast through my InfiniteBody blog and subscribe to it for automatic download. Click here for more information and to subscribe. Or visit InfiniteBody blog. You'll find interviews with everyone from tap superstars Ayodele Casel and Jason Samuels-Smith to the provocative postmodernist Miguel Gutierrez. Please pass the word around, and don't forget to subscribe! REVIEW ARCHIVES I have archived another batch of posts from my Field Notes: Reviews of Dance, Theater and Performance page. Scroll down to see a list of past reviews and commentary. The archives now include pieces posted from December 28, 2004 to September 25, 2006. If you'd like to see any of these, just send me your request via the form on my Contact Eva page. THE BLOGOSPHERE Mama's got a brand new blog! It's called hummingwitch, and you'll find it at http://hummingwitch.blogspot.com. Please visit my dance blog--InfiniteBody--at http://infinitebody.blogspot.com as well as my Tarot-and-metaphysics blog--As the Spirit Moves Me--right here. Please also check out Mark McElroy's Tarot blog site--The Tarot Channel (www.thetarotchannel.com), launched in January 2007--where I'm an editor and contributing writer. To easily locate my blog entries and comments, type "Eva Yaa Asantewaa" into the Search This Site box. If you love Tarot--or even if you're just a little curious about it--you're going to have fun with this lively, informative site. Send us your comments and suggestions. Newsday's dance critic and journalist Apollinaire Scherr has a gutsy dance blog called Foot in Mouth on the ArtsJournal site. Occasionally, you'll find that I have a few things to say over there, too. Visit FIM at http://www.artsjournal.com/foot/. MORE GREAT NEWS!
In spring 2007, I taught a six-week Writing on Dance
course for Dance Theater Workshop, substituting for the regular instructor, Wendy Perron (editor-in-chief of Dance Magazine).
I was delighted to work with a large and talented group of students. The course was very well received, and in fall 2007,
I was asked back to launch a new fall session of Writing on Dance. If you are interested in
applying for future sessions of Writing on Dance, be sure to contact
DTW at 212-691-6500.
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PUBLICATIONS I am also very pleased to announce the publication of the new RedBone Press anthology, Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity, edited by G. Winston James and Lisa C. Moore, and proud that my essay--"What I Did with My Summer Vocation"--can be found on pages 363-370! This book has been a very long time in the works, and it's great to finally have it here. Here's a statement from the co-editors: "More than 40 writers address the question of how we, as same-gender-loving black people, affirm ourselves as sexual and spiritual people. These sacred narratives are a canon for our survival--holy texts proclaiming the divinity of our lives, the righteousness of our love, and the sanctity of our being. Spirited is a must-read for those on a journey toward spiritual self-acceptance." You'll find Spirited at many bookstores, including Lambda Rising in Washington, DC; Charis Books & More in Atlanta; Heritage Books & Music in Chicago; Giovanni's Room in Philadelphia; A Different Light in San Francisco; BookWoman in Austin, TX; and Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO. Visit www.redbonepress.com to read the latest news on Spirited, find out how to order it, and download the press release. You can also contact Redbone Press at 202-667-0392 (fax 301-559-5239) or redbonepress@yahoo.com. ISBN 0-9656659-3-3 $16.95 Cover art by Janet Nicholson Cover design by Eunice Corbin Also out-and-about from RedBone Press--the new anthology, Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Writing, edited by G. Winston James of Other Countries. And I have two poems in it! For more information, visit http://www.redbonepress.com/books/voicesrising/index.htm. Redbone Press publisher Lisa Moore reports, "Right now I'm working on [a reading] for the Bay Area, another concentration of contributors. It's being taught this fall at two Washington State universities, and is being considered for a high school queer studies class in Connecticut. (Who knew they teach queer studies in high school??)" BTW, G. Winston James--Glen to his friends--has a great new book of poems, The Damaged Good, published by Vintage Entity. Here's a link to more information about Glen and his book, including a sensational interview with publisher Steven G. Fullwood. http://www.vepress.com/the-damaged-good. |
