A while back I recieved an email asking permission to use something I had written about Diane McKinney, a local writer. Of course I gave my permission and just asked that they mention UA. I asked them for a group pic so I could write up something on the group. Today, I got this reply from the group. I wish them all the best and I'm looking forward to recieving the newsletter!
"BookClubEtc. is an African American book club based in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. We meet once a month to a discuss book written by an African-American author. The meetings of this diverse group provide an excellent forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions on the selected publications. We host a open mic/poetry reading (at which time we publish a poetry book, Ancestral Rites {we have three volumes so far}) during April in celebration of National Poetry Month. Also, we participate in community activitities. Unfortunately, we do not have a group picture. I will be glad to send you a July newsletter after they're printed."
Posted by Liz at July 15, 2004 12:57 PM| Posted by: Tony | July 15, 2004 06:18 PM |
Nice to see there are free writers out there Liz! I am a little bitter because a magazine celebrating a community project I have spent the last four months researching/writing/designing has been spiked because of a administration change that has led to a Stalinist purge of ‘non-persons’ who were pivotal in the formation of the project but are now in opposition. So pressure is strong from above for me to either rewrite history or see my funding suddenly dry up... You lie with dogs you get fleas I suppose. Where’s the beer? |
| Posted by: Liz | July 18, 2004 06:32 AM |
I guess the idea is to create the job for yourself and suddenly we see how all these assholes are in charge. Hey! How are you? What's new? :) |
| Posted by: Tony | July 19, 2004 03:49 PM |
I’m good …. I’m good … I . Been eating a lot of sugared almonds if that any indication of anything! |