Lesbian Poet C.C. Carter
On Saturday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m., award-winning poet C.C. Carter will appear at a Riviera Beach house concert organized by Bi, Lesbian and Straight Together (BLAST) Women of Palm Beach.
Carter’s work has earned many honors. She won the fifth annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Competition, and also received a 2003 Lambda Literary Award nomination for her first book of poetry, Body Language. Currently, she is an artist with Olivia Travel, appearing on several cruises including the recent Olivia 40th Anniversary Cruise.
In a phone interview with SFGN, C.C. Carter described her poetry.
“Spirit and sensuality all wrapped in one….”
For complete article, see South Florida Gay News.
Celebrate LGBT History at Key West Pride 2013
In New York, it was the 1969 Stonewall Riots that eventually initiated the tradition of gay marches in the U.S; and San Francisco is known for The Castro and Harvey Milk’s political work.
But travelers should not overlook Key West Pride, which takes place from June 5 to June 9 —particularly since the city of Key West has made its own contributions to LGBT history.
Key West Pride Parade
Photo Credit: Pete Arnow
For complete article, see South Florida Gay News.
Lesbian Poetry & Art Journal: Lavender Review Publishes “Dear Virginia”
One of my poems, “Dear Virginia,” has been published in Lavender Review, an online lesbian poetry & art journal.
The editor, Mary Meriam, says that the Gender theme of this issue was “inspired by Ingrid Jungermann’s web series F to 7th.”
My poem, “Dear Virginia,” is about Virginia Woolf. I taught A Room of One’s Own for a few years, and eventually wrote down one of the conversations I kept having with her.
To read the complete issue online, please visit Lavender Review.
Queer Literature: Educe Literary Journal Publishes “High School Bible”
“High School Bible” started out as a poem in one of Campbell McGrath‘s workshops– a mix of prose poem/ free verse/ epistolary/ collage/ list/ misc.
This poem gave me a voice to explore grief, family history, identity and connections to pop culture. It’s a longer work– about 10 pages. For that reason, I didn’t know if it would ever get published in a literary journal or magazine. But for years, I kept sending it out anyway.
Finally, Educe Literary Journal sent me an email– they wanted to publish “High School Bible.” Not as a poem– as nonfiction.
Since the work itself is already mixing different forms of poetry, I figured why not add another genre?
And it was nonfiction. So I said yes, let’s call it that. For now, anyway.
What’s interesting–when I thought of it as a poem, I could place myself at more of a distance from the work. Now it feels like some of that is gone.
Yet there’s always distance– it’s never “me” in the poem or the memoir. It’s a structured version of “me.”
In this case, it’s “me” traveling on many Greyhound buses, searching for a place of belonging (emotionally/ geographically), trying to connect with the family history I know/ don’t know, and dealing with my mother’s death.
I am really honored to have “High School Bible” included in Educe, particularly because they are a journal committed to publishing queer literary voices.
The current issue of Educe Literary Journal can be purchased online here.
Aqua Girl 2013: LBT Women’s Fundraiser Offers Sense of Community
Celesbians, South Beach nightlife, and (hopefully) sunshine — that’s the formula for Aqua Girl 2013.
This 14th annual fundraising festival for LBT women, the largest in the U.S., takes place on Miami Beach from Wednesday, May 15 to Sunday, May 19, 2013.
The nonprofit Aqua Foundation for Women (AFW) organizes Aqua Girl, and anticipates 10,000 guests from South Florida, as well as from across the U.S. and abroad, to visit fourteen events over five days.
For complete article, see South Florida Gay News
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Janis Ian Scheduled To Perform Sold-Out Concerts in Davie
Currently on tour throughout the U.S., Ian is set to perform two sold out concerts in Davie at the River of Grass Café on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Both shows start at 8 p.m.
One of the reasons for the strong interest in Ian’s work may be the Grammy award she received in February 2013. She won for the audio version of her autobiography Society’s Child in the category of Best Spoken Word Album.
For complete article, see South Florida Gay News.
On Feminism, Identity & Latinas in Arts and Literature: An Interview with Cristy C. Road
In December 2012, Brooklyn-based artist and writer Cristy C. Road came back home to Miami to read at Sweat Records from her latest graphic novel, Spit and Passion. The autobiographical narrative centers on Road’s early adolescence – growing up working-class, Cuban-American, and queer in the early 1990s.
For complete article, see The WIP.
