World Wide Word Radio Network

Are you wondering.... Where is my Tribe? How do I know I have found "it"?  Where do I fit in?  How do I really know? I have found "my" tribe?  Why do I even want to look?  Is it important to have a tribe?! Where is your tribe?  What is the difference between Spiritual Healing and Sacred Healing?  Julia will be talking again with Julie Williams. Julie Williams, Holistic Therapist and Trainer. Release ancestral entanglements with Family Constellation Work. Transformation & lasting change with Quantum Healing.  http://www.theschoolwithoutwalls.net 

Topic: Empowering the Awakened Self!  Empowering the Awakened Self~ Julia will be Talking Story with Julie Williams, Holistic Therapist and Trainer~ Her work and teachings: Release ancestral entanglements with Family Constellation Work, Transformation & lasting change with Quantum Healing.  We will be Talking Story about~ How to Deepen your Soul Connection, clear and release blockages, Develop intuitive gifts, get quite with Self, Exploring the power of ceremony and a Deep alignment with the Self. To Awaken and Empower your connection with Self.  For more information on this unique experience please visit: www.soulhealingretreats.com and/or www.theschoolwithoutwalls.net & www.quantum-evolution.com     

Bushra’s poetry has been collected in the chapbook Marianna’s Beauty Salon (Vagabond Press, 2001). Her writing been featured on BBC Radio 4, WNYC, KPFA and in The New York Times, India Currents andNY Newsday. Her work has also appeared in ColorLines, Crab Orchard Review, Mizna, Curve, Sepia Mutiny, The Feminist Wire and SAMAR. Bushra’s work has been anthologized in: Indivisible: Contemporary South Asian American Poetry (University of Arkansas Press), Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion and Spirituality (Sibling Rivalry Press), Ladies and Gents: Public Toilets and Gender (Temple University Press), And the World Changed: Contemporary Pakistani Women Writers (Feminist Press), Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write Their Bodies (Kent State University Press) and Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality (Seal Press. Her first novel Corona (and I’m not talking about the beer) is now available from Sibling Rivalry Press.

Join Rachelle as she talks with  Camille Guthrie, author of ARTICULATED LAIR, on Tuesday, July 30th at 11 am PST/2 pm EST.  

Join Rachelle as she talks with Brynn Saito, author of PALACE OF CONTEMPLATING DEPARTURE, on Tuesday, July 23rd at 11 am PST/2 pm EST.

Jason Bayani is a graduate of Saint Mary’s MFA program in Creative Writing. He is a Kundiman fellow and a veteran of the National Poetry Slam scene. His work has been published in Fourteen Hills, Muzzle Magazine, Mascara Review, the National Poetry Slam anthology, Rattapallax, Write Bloody’s classroom anthology, Learn Then Burn, and other publications. He has been on 7 National Poetry Slam teams, he is a National Poetry Slam finalist, and was the 2010 International World Poetry Slam representative for Oakland, California. He is also one of the founding members of the Filipino American Spoken Word troupe, Proletariat Bronze, and has been an organizer for the Asian and Pacific Islander Poetry and Spoken Word Summit. He currently lives in Austin, Texas where he is an English Instructor.

Brian Teare is the recipient of poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, the Marin Headlands Center for the Arts and the American Antiquarian Society. He’s published The Room Where I Was Born, Sight Map, Pleasure

Jessica Hagedorn was born in Manila and now lives in New York. A novelist, poet, and playwright, her published works include Toxicology, Dream Jungle, The Gangster Of Love, Danger and Beauty, and Dogeaters, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction. She also edited both volumes of the groundbreaking anthology, Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction. Visit her website at www.jessicahagedorn.net.

Matthew Olzmann is a graduate of the MFA program for writers at Warren Wilson College. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Kenyon Review, Rattle, and elsewhere. He’s received fellowships from Kundiman and the Kresge Arts Foundation. Currently, he is a writer-in-residence for the InsideOut Literary Arts Project and the poetry editor of The Collagist.

Conney Williams is a Los Angeles based poet, actor and performance artist originally from  Shreveport, Louisiana where he worked as a radio personality. He has published two  poetry collections “Leaves of Spilled Spirit from an Untamed Poet (2002/2008)” and his latest, “Blues Red Soul Falsetto (2012).”  His  poetry has also been published in various publications and anthologies including  Voices from Leimert Park; America: At the End of the Day; and The Drumming  Between Us. He has appeared on stage and television. Conney  was the 3rd Place winner  in the Inner-City Culture Center acting competition in 1992. He has performed  his poetry on television, radio, galleries, universities, grade schools, coffee houses, and stages around Southern California and across the country;  including the Black Arts Festival.  He is a talented public speaker with  over 30 years of experience. He is a community activist and has worked  with youth for over 25 years. He is formerly an ordained minister and Youth  Pastor in the Church of God in Christ. He hosted a weekly cable television  bible study and also recorded a gospel rap CD called L.I.F.E (1985).   He  is the Artistic Director at the World Stage in Leimert Park; and is a member  and current Coordinator for the Anansi Writers Workshop. This workshop at the  World Stage has produced some the most respected African American writers in the country. His has collaborated with artist Charles Bibbs on the production of WordArt; a monthly event of poetry, jazz, and visual art. He has hosted several poetry venues and been a  curator for many poetry/jazz events throughout Los Angeles. He has been the  Poet’s Stage Coordinator for the Leimert Park Book Fair for five of its  six-year existence.

DERRICK c. BROWN is one of America’s most beloved and well travelled performing page poets. He is a former paratrooper for the 82nd airborne and is the president of one of what Forbes and Filter Magazine call “…one of the best independent presses in the country”, Write Bloody Publishing. He is the author of four books of poetry. The New York Times calls his work, “…a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words.”

Conney Williams is a Los Angeles based poet, actor and performance artist originally from  Shreveport, Louisiana where he worked a radio personality. He has published two  poetry collections “Leaves of Spilled Spirit from an Untamed Poet (2002/2008)” and his latest, “Blues Red Soul Falsetto (2012).”  His  poetry has also been published in various publications and anthologies including  Voices from Leimert Park; America: At the End of the Day; and The Drumming  Between Us. He has appeared on stage and television. Conney  was the 3rd Place winner  in the Inner-City Culture Center acting competition in 1992. He has performed  his poetry on television, radio, galleries, universities, grade schools, coffee houses, and stages around Southern California and across the country;  including the Black Arts Festival.  He is a talented public speaker with  over 30 years of experience. He is a community activist and has worked  with youth for over 25 years. He is formerly an ordained minister and Youth  Pastor in the Church of God in Christ. He hosted a weekly cable television  bible study and also recorded a gospel rap cd called L.I.F.E (1985).   He  is the Artistic Director at the World Stage in Leimert Park; and is a member  and current Coordinator for the Anansi Writers Workshop. This workshop at the  World Stage has produced some the most respected African American writers in the country. His has collaborated with artist Charles Bibbs on the production of WordArt; a monthly event of poetry, jazz, and visual art. He has hosted several poetry venues and been a  curator for many poetry/jazz events throughout Los Angeles. He has been the  Poet’s Stage Coordinator for the Leimert Park Book Fair for five of its  six-year existence.

Laura Madeline Wiseman is the author of seven collections of poetry, including the full-length book SPRUNG (San Francisco Bay Press, 2012), the letterpress book UNCLOSE THE DOOR (Gold Quoin Press, 2012), and the recent chapbooks SHE WHO LOVES HER FATHER (Dancing Girl Press, 2012) and BRANDING GIRLS (Finishing Line Press, 2011). She is also the editor of WOMEN WRITE RESISTANCE: POETS RESIST GENDER VIOLENCE (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2013). Laura Madeline Wiseman has a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she teaches English. Her poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews have appeared in Margie, Poet Lore, Blackbird, Arts & Letters, Prairie Schooner, Feminist Studies, Thirteenth Moon, American Short Fiction, Cream City Review, and elsewhere. She has received an Academy of American Poets Award, a Mari Sandoz/Prairie Schooner Award, a Will P. Jupiter Award, a Susan Atefact Peckham Fellowship, a Louise Van Sickle Fellowship, several Pushcart Prize nominations, and grants from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, the Focus for the Arts, the Center for the Great Plains Studies, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation.  

Luivette Resto was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico but proudly raised in the Bronx. Her first poetry book Unfinished Portrait was published by Tia Chucha Press in 2008 and was also named a finalist for the 2009 Paterson Poetry Prize. She is a contributing editor for Kweli Journal, a Canto Mundo fellow, and the hostess of a monthly poetry reading series called La Palabra located at Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park. Her latest book Ascension just came out this March, also published by Tia Chucha Press.

Julia will share with you the healing that can take place through "Talking Story" with yourself and others.  Julia will be sharing folklore stories. Julia will be interviewing Jennie E. Lake. Jennie Elizabeth Lake, an awakened individual, has overcome her own tumultuous story to save and bring healing to thousands of others once like her. As author, educator, and friend, Jennie is intrinsically able to successfully expound upon the often-subtle yet meaningful difference between our mind-made constructions, and what is real. www.theschoolwithoutwalls.net Phone: 650-898-8135

Cati Porter is a poet, editor, mother, and community arts facilitator. She is the author of Seven Floors Up as well as several chapbooks, including, The Way Things Move The Dark, published in 2013 by Dancing Girl Press. Her work has been anthologized in White Ink: Poems on Mothers & Motherhood, Letters to the World, the Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel - Second Floor, and Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence. In 2005, she founded the online journal Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry.

Nicole Terez Dutton's work has appeared in Callaloo, Ploughshares, among other publications.  Nicole earned an MFA from Brown University and has received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Cave Canem and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She is the winner of the 2011 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for If One Of Us Should Fall. Nicole lives in Boston where she is a Lecturer at Boston University.

Khadija Anderson returned in 2008 to her native Los Angeles after 18 years exile in Seattle. Khadija's poetry has been published in Pale House (forthcoming), The Ark Magazine, Unfettered Verse, CommonLine Project, Qarrtsiluni, Gutter Eloquence, Atticus Review, Unlikely Stories, The Citron Review, Killpoet, Wheelhouse 9, and Phantom Seed among other wonderful publications. Her poem Islam for Americans was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize. Khadija holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University LA and her first book of poetry History of Butoh is available through Writ Large Press.

Since 1970 he has published 2 novels,20 volumes of poetry and more than 1400 poems in hundreds of magazines around the world. His poetry has been taught at both the high school and university level as well as having been translated into several languages including Spanish, Swedish, Italian, Japanese, French and Romanian. His latest volume of poetry (_Bark_) is currently available on Amazon. More information on John and his work (including reviews, videos and critical essays)can be found on his website, johnyamrus.com Selections of his poetry have been translated into several languages including Spanish, Swedish, Italian, Japanese and (most recently) Romanian. His newest books are available on amazon.com Recent reviews of his poetry have elicited comments like the following: “No word is unnecessary or out of place; the timing is impeccable…” Gerald Locklin, Professor Emeritus of English, California State University “Yamrus writes with such a fluent and intimate style…” From a review of his work by Larry Jordan “John Yamrus is a spy” Internationally renowned UK poet, Milner Place  

Paul Suntup's poetry has appeared in numerous publications including Rattle, Spillway, Artlife, Cider Press Review, ISM and the anthology 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day. His long-awaited collection of poetry, Sunset at the Temple of Olives was nominated for a National Book Award. He was born in South Africa, currently resides in Southern California and is a freelance web designer.