LGBT Writers' Workshop
Panelists: Lisa C. Moore, Yolo Akili, L. Lemar Wilson, Uriah Bell, Terry Angel Mason, Alexis Pauline Gumbs
The LGBTQ Writers Workshop will give aspiring artists advice in direction for getting that first manuscript published, how to put those thoughts on paper to create what could be the next featured book in Oprah's Book Club.
This Panel will consist of:
Lisa C. Moore
Editor, and Founder of RedBone Press
Yolo Akili
Poet, and Spiritual Healer
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Writer, Poet, Activist and recent Ph.D. Graduate
L. Lamar Wilson
Writer and Ph.D. Student
Uriah Bell
Author, Poet, Founder of Rising Voices Press
Terry Angel Mason
World Renown Author / LGBT Activist
LGBTQ Writers' Event
In partnership with Marvin (Uriah) Bell, founder and publisher of Rising Voices Press (Boston, MA), Shades of Pride is pleased to deliver a panel of great caliber. All aspiring poets, authors and other writers are encouraged to attend this event on Friday, July 30th, 2010 at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley at 3pm.
Lisa C. Moore, founder and editor of RedBone Press (www.redbonepress.com), which publishes work celebrating the culture of black lesbians and gay men and promoting understanding between black gays and lesbians and the black mainstream. Moore is the editor of does your mama know? An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories, and co-editor of Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity. Most recently, RedBone Press published Blood Beats: Vol. 2, film and music criticism by PEN Award winner Ernest Hardy; reprinted In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology and Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men; and published Gospel: poems by Samiya Bashir, a Lambda Literary Award finalist for 2009. Moore is a former editor of Lambda Book Report, and currently copy edits for SWERV magazine.
She was lead organizer of the Fire & Ink writers' festival for GLBT people of African descent held at the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2002; Moore is currently board president of Fire & Ink (www.fireandink.org), an advocacy organization for LGBT writers of African descent. Fire & Ink held their most recent festival, Cotillion, in Austin, Texas in October 2009.
Yolo Akili is an artist, author, Iyengar yoga teacher and spiritual consultant. As a poet he has performed and featured at numerous venues including the Southeast Students against Sweatshops Conference, the 2009 National HIV prevention Conference, the State of Black Gay America Summit and more. He is the author of the poetry chapbook, " Poems in The Key Of Green" and his essays and commentaries have been published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Red Pulp Underground, The Charis Review, & Aquarius Atlanta to name a few. Yolo also serves as the Regional Training Coordinator for Men Stopping Violence, a social change organization dedicated to ending male violence against women.
He was also a part of the creative team that established "Sweet Tea: Southern Queer Men's Collective" & "Da C.R.I.B.B" an HIV prevention community center in Atlanta. Yolo has been awarded the " Creative Leadership Award" by the Feminist Women's Health Center Atlanta and the "Unity In Community Award' From Unity Church in Christ Atlanta. Yolo's breadth of knowledge, experience and unique voice make him a fierce, but humble force advocating for equality, wellness, and liberation for all members of the human community. www.yoloakili.com.
Terry Angel Mason was born in Los Angeles, California, Mason has homes in Los Angeles and San Diego, California, where he currently resides. Angel (as he prefers to be called) began writing poetry and music at the age of eight. He was educated at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Mason is an author, poet, singer, songwriter, and Civil Rights Activist who has devoted his life to ministry, writing, composing music, singing and lecturing. Love Won't Let Me Be Silent, the first book written by Mason to be distributed internationally, is literally becoming a testament for many lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people struggling with their sexuality and the need to come out to their family and friends.
Without question, Angel Mason is an extraordinary poet who eloquently expands and redefines the traditional idea of the love poem in creative and ingenious ways. Mason's literary compositions have consistently earned him numerous literary nominations; while at the same time, gaining a place of reverence in the hearts and minds of thousands of readers -- both men and women worldwide. His electrifying writings are destined to make him one of the foremost voices of the African-American experience, who will continue to influence our culture, reshape our thinking, and touch our hearts and lives for decades!
L. Lamar Wilson, an English PhD student at UNC-Chapel Hill and Cave Canem fellow, has poetry published or forthcoming in various journals and anthologies, including Obsidian, Rattle, Crab Orchard Review and 100 Best African-American Poems, edited by Nikki Giovanni.
His essays and creative nonfiction have appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Washington Post, where he's a part-time copy editor. He earned his MFA in creative writing at Virginia Tech and his B.S. in newspaper journalism at Florida A&M University.
Alexis Pauline Gumbs of Broken Beautiful Press, is a writer, poet and activist. A New Jersey native and a former resident of Florida and Atlanta, Alexis now lives and loves in Durham, NC, where she is a recent PhD graduate from Duke University.
Unapologetic, opinionated, outspoken, sometimes shy, black, gay and at times crazy, Uriah Bell has accepted the sum of his whole to embrace and develop the writer within. Born and raised in Detroit, MI, an only child until age twelve, Uriah reached out to the power of prose to express himself when words fell on deaf ears. Considered more of an outlet than an art, Uriah used the power of his words to express himself to family in times of conflict and dispute. Not fully aware of the risk he was taking, but completely accepting of himself, Uriah came out to his family at age 18 and was determined that whatever the outcome, he would have a voice, and that voice would be heard. "
I've always had a passion for the arts, be it dance, design, singing or instrumentation; however, my first love is written expression, especially poetry. It bothers me that poets have a bad rap, and that people have this notion that poetry will automatically fly over their heads. My goal is to make poetry tangible. I write for the people, if they can't understand me, I'm not doing my job. I want to be the people's poet."
Determined to have sole creative control over his work, in 2009 Uriah founded his own publishing company Rising Voices Press under which Uriah's second collection of poetry entitled, 'epiphany: poems in the key of love' was published. Rising Voices will help to publish new and upcoming minority LGBT writers, and continue to promote self expression in the minority LGBT community?
Uriah donates his time and talents to organizations feverishly working to spread awareness and put an end to the AIDS epidemic, solve gay men's health issues, domestic violence, and promote human rights. Uriah has worked with the Black church to help strengthen their presence in the fight against AIDS, as well as increase compassion and understanding between the Church and the LGBT community.
Uriah currently resides in Boston, MA.
When:
Friday July 30, 2010
3:00 PM -
5:00 PM
Eastern
Where:
Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley,
4500 Marriott Drive,
Raleigh, NC 27612
9192332044
Organizer:
Shades of Pride/Triangle Black Pride
Cost:
Suggested donation of $10.00
Contact:
9192332044
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