Before taking off from Austin, TX for a series of moves and adventures
I had the Blessed Opportunity to present
One For The Road: A Poetic Jam Session
May 12, 2008 7PM At
Resistencia Bookstore
Casa de Red Salmon Arts
1801-A South First St. | Austin, TX 78704
512.416-8885
Featuring: Lidia Marte, Samiya Bashir, Shia Shabazz
and an Open Mic Jam

Lidia Marte read from her newly published book, El Reino de la Imagen: Memoria, Comida y Representacion
(2008 Isla Negra Editores, San Juan-Santo Domingo).

Portions of this event were broadcast on 91.7 FM KOOP Radio’s (Austin, TX) People United hosted by Alan Campbell

RedBone Press author, Samiya Bashir read from the Queer Codex: ROOTED! Anthology Edited by Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, Published by Evelyn Street Press & allgo and from her book of poetry Where The Apple Falls.

Shia Shabazz read from her newly published chapbook
Momentary: Poems by Shia Shabazz

Then we had an open mic par’tay…

More about Lidia Marte’s book…
(this book is an Afro-Caribbean stew of the
author’s external and internal migrant journeys)
El Reino de la Imagen es un sancocho (sopa)
poético/político de una memoria proletaria y
emigrante al romper del siglo 21.
Ensayo visual, etnografia tercermundista,
vomito existencial?
Más allá de las posibles etiquetas, este
libro propone la validez testimonial de nuestra
experiencia cotidiana e históricamente específica.

More about Samiya Bashir
More about Queer Codex: ROOTED…
QUEER CODEX: ROOTED! Features poetry, short stories and visual art from 11 queer women and trans-identified artists, Queer Codex: ROOTED! is inspired by Sharon Bridgforth’s artist residency as part of allgo’s 2007-2008 Cultural Arts Season: Envisioned & Created Space(s). Queer Codex: ROOTED! contributes to a growing body of literature and visual art by queer women and trans-identified artists of color, of Jewish descent, activists, scholars and cultural workers. Contributors: Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Sharon Bridgforth, Senalka McDonald, Samiya Bashir, Matt U. Richardson, María Limón, Jennifer Margulies, Cheryl Coward, Anel I. Flores, Ana-Maurine Lara, Adelina Anthony.

More about Shia Shabazz’s book…
Momentary features poems presented in Shia’s recent interdisplinary performance, produced by The Center for African and African American Studies, UT Austin, directed by Florinda Bryant. Momentary explores epiphany,and inspired moments that propel activism, inspire art/love/living and inform who we are/who we become. Shia is a Cave Canem Fellow and a member of The Austin Project.

ALL THREE BOOKS are for sale at RESISTENCIA BOOKSTORE