Come hear Khaled Mattawa's new poems and his translations of modern women's poetry from the Arabic in Austin's cozy\, intimate feminist bookstore!
Hear new poetry by Mattawa\, and his translations of poems by Imam Mersal\, Joumana Haddad\, Maram Almassri. (These acclaimed Arab women will be present in their poetry and spirit\, but not in body.)
Baklava and Hot Tea provided!
Khaled Mattawa is the author of four books of poems\, Ismailia Eclipse (Sheep Meadow\, 1996)\, Zodiac of Echoes (Ausable\, 2003)\, Amorisco (Ausable\, 2008)\, and Tocqueville (forthcoming from New Issues Press). Mattawa has translated eight volumes of contemporary Arabic poetry and co-edited two anthologies of Arab American literature. He has received a Guggenheim fellowship\, an NEA translation grant\, the Alfred Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University\, and three Pushcart Prizes. Mattawa teaches in the MFA (Creative Writing) Program at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Prof. Mattawa was born in Benghazi\, Libya and immigrated to the United States in his teens.
Time To Celebrate!
The L Word's Final Season DVD Release!
Come join us for an L Word Viewing Party ....
Watch crucial past episodes at our "\;Happier Than L"\; Happy Hour
Shows will start at 5pm sharp (Austin time)!
Drop in and stay for one episode or more\, and enjoy refreshments.
Call 472-2785 or email to reserve your copy of The Final Season and be ready for the big day.
In the autumn of 2000\, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift\, questioning her place in her marriage\, her profession\, and the larger world. She felt isolated from her husband who’d been working 16-hour days\, effectively leaving her\, a busy working mother\, alone to parent her three year old daughter Maya. Disconnected and vulnerable\, she was primed for change. Into her stagnant routine dropped Dodo\, Maya’s curiously disruptive imaginary friend. Dodo is ever-present and becoming more aggressive by the day\, forcing Edelman to confront the possibility that something is going seriously awry with her child. After consulting mainstream health professionals for help and getting nowhere\, Edelman and her husband made the unlikely choice to bring their daughter to Mayan healers in Belize\, hoping that they might help banish Dodo—and\, as they came to understand\, all he represented—from their lives.
Examining how an otherwise mainstream mother and wife finds herself making this unorthodox choice\, The Possibility of Everything chronicles the magical week in Central America that transformed Edelman from a person whose past had led her to believe only in the visible and the “proven” to some one open to the idea of larger\, unseen forces. A deeply affecting and beautifully written memoir of a family’s emotional journey\, it explores what Edelman and her husband went looking for in the jungle and what they ultimately discovered—as parents\, as spouses\, and as ordinary people—about the things that possess and destroy\, or that can heal us all.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091022T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091022T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-reading-featuring-ladan-osman-cara-beckwith URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-reading-featuring-ladan-osman-cara-beckwith SUMMARY:Poetry Reading featuring Ladan Osman & Cara Zimmer DESCRIPTION:Ladan Osman is originally from Somali. She earned her BA in Creative Writing from Otterbein College in Ohio and is currently an MFA (Poetry) fellow with the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Funhouse\, Kate\, Quiz &\; Quill\, and Poet Lore.
Cara Zimmer grew up in Pittsburgh and earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia. Before making her way to Austin\, she spent two years living in southern Spain\, where she fell in love with olives\, Sevillanos\, and drinking beer in crowded alleyways. She graduated from UT's MA program in Creative Writing in May\, and she continues to write\, teach\, and seek more gainful employment.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091023T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091023T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-reading-featuring-alyce-guynn-mariann-wizard URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-reading-featuring-alyce-guynn-mariann-wizard SUMMARY:Poetry Reading featuring Alyce Guynn & Mariann Wizard DESCRIPTION:Austin poets Alyce Guynn and Mariann Wizard will read from their own work and that of others. Guynn and Wizard\, who have known each other and enjoyed each other's poems since the 1960s\, have never read their work together. "\;We started out in similar ways\,"\; Guynn says\, "\;but we've taken real different paths to the present. Our poetry reflects that -- and it also reflects the ideas we share and the zest for life we embrace. We can still surprise ourselves!"\;
"\;We also want to read some things from people who can't be here to read themselves\, who are important to us\,"\; Wizard added. "\;Poets are immortal when their poems are read -- so we'll read from our 'personal poets'\, and hope someday someone does the same for us!"\;
Patricia Austin\, professional psychic\, will be reading Tarot Cards\, Palms and sharing other divination tools for BookWoman's clientele on Monday\, October 26th from 5\:30 until 8pm for BookWoman. Recommended donation is $1 a minute\, with a portion benefiting BookWoman. Pat gives positive and constructive information. Call to get on that the list\, or take your chances and just drop by!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091028T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091028T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/pandora-scooter-presents-estro-sapienism-101 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/pandora-scooter-presents-estro-sapienism-101 SUMMARY:Pandora Scooter presents \\"Estro-sapienism 101\\" DESCRIPTION:Stand Up Poet/Comic Pandora Scooter performs hilarious and personal spoken word and comedy pieces about coming to grips with identity in all sorts of ways\: as a mom\, as a lesbian\, as a heterosexual\, as a liberal...as a human being.
Her rhythmic ranting inspires and excites audiences and leaves them feeling great about themselves. Pandora hails from NYC/NJ area\, came out to Austin last spring for the M.A.L.I. Festival and is currently falling in love with Austin\, TX.
For more information on Pandora check her out at www.youtube.com/pandorascooter or at www.pandorascooter.com . Power to the Peaceful and Love to All.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091029T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091029T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookwoman-bookgroup-discussion-book-salt URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookwoman-bookgroup-discussion-book-salt SUMMARY:BookWoman BookGroup discussion (The Book of Salt) DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091105T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091105T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/lisa-marshall-evening-live-music URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/lisa-marshall-evening-live-music SUMMARY:Lisa Marshall - An Evening of Live Music DESCRIPTION:Lisa Marshall is a Rhythm &\; Blues singer influenced by Motown\, Soul\, and Rock n’ Roll. She is vocally inspired by Aretha Franklin\, Gladys Knight\, Mavis Staples and Janis Joplin. Her song writing is primarily influenced by R&\;B\, rock\, and gospel such as Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin to Led Zeppelin\, the Rolling Stones and The Beatles.
Her first solo CD is called “Simple”. The vocals are true to her style and love for R&\;B and Soul. The songs encompass a gritty\, funky vibe. Lyrically she draws from early Blues singers speaking her beliefs and emotions on day to day living and experiences.
Lisa Marshall currently resides in Austin\, TX. is working on new material\, and actively seeking her Austin Dirty Girls and Soul band.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091106T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091106T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/reducing-teen-dating-violence-presented-arlene-welsz-beverly-black URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/reducing-teen-dating-violence-presented-arlene-welsz-beverly-black SUMMARY:Reducing Teen Dating Violence presented by Arlene Welsz & Beverly Black DESCRIPTION:Arlene Weisz &\; Beverly Black interview practitioners from more than fifty dating violence and sexual assault programs across the United States to provide a unique resource for effective teen dating violence. Their comprehensive approach reveals the core techniques that should be a part of any successful prevention program\, including theoretical consistency\, which contributes to sound content development\, and peer education and youth leadership\, which empower participants and keep programs relevant. The authors demonstrate that productive education remains sensitive to differences in culture and sexual orientation and includes experiential exercises and role-playing.
Arlene Weisz joined the faculty of the School of Social Work at Wayne State University in 1995\, after a social work career that included practice with adolescents. She researches adult and adolescent partner violence and sexual assault prevention and has co-coordinated and evaluated dating violence and sexual assault prevention programs for middle-school youth and university students.
Beverly Black is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington. For several years she co-coordinated and evaluated dating violence and sexual assault prevention programs for adolescents and university students in Detroit\, Michigan. She conducts research and publishes on issues related to domestic violence\, sexual assault\, dating violence &\; prevention programming.
After a decade of amassing interviews of women born early in the 1900s\, The Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project (www.olohp.org) has released its first book. A Gift of Age is a retelling of the stories of 22 lesbians\, each offering a valuable glimpse into what it was like to be a lesbian during a unique and challenging period in American history.
It's hard to imagine today what it was like for a woman to live in a time when she had never heard the word lesbian\, when there were no lesbian organizations\, and when she had to be careful what she wore to the bar because a woman could be arrested simply for wearing pants or the wrong shoes. These are just some of the experiences shared in A Gift of Age\: Old Lesbian Life Stories.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091108T004500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091108T004500Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/drumming-workshop-tonya-lyles URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/drumming-workshop-tonya-lyles SUMMARY:Drumming Workshop with Tonya Lyles DESCRIPTION:This workshop series will enhance your connection to rhythm thru hand drumming. Drumming is a wonderful way to revitalize your spirit\, rejuvenate your body\, and connect with others while playing in community. Drumming is an ancient tradition. Some believe women were the first drummers before they were forbidden to play.
In our class\, you will learn basic techniques\, hand patterns\, and traditional rhythms on the West African djembe drum. You bring the interest and inhibition\, and I will bring the drums and instruction. Together we will build a drum community. Come and Drum Sista Drum!
Each class is $15 with a part of the proceeds going to the store. To reserve a drum contact sistadrums@yahoo.com or call the store.
Tonya "\;Onye"\; Lyles is a multi-instrumentalist based in Austin Texas. She founded SistaDrums to rejuvenate\, invigorate and uplift a community through teaching the art of hand-drumming and movement linked to traditional world rhythms. Since 1994\, she has been playing and performing traditional rhythms on djembe and currently teaches in Austin\, Texas. Her performance experiences range from solo artist to member of a 16 piece West African drum and dance ensemble.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091108T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091108T190000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookgoddess-bookgroup-when-drummers-were-women URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookgoddess-bookgroup-when-drummers-were-women SUMMARY:BookGoddess BookGroup \: When the Drummers Were Women DESCRIPTION:November's Book\: When The Drummers Were Women by Layne Redmond
An engaging work on the history and meaning of female drumming in ancient spiritual traditions. We meet every second Sunday. New members are welcome!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091111T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091111T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookwisdom-writing-womens-life-ann-daly URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookwisdom-writing-womens-life-ann-daly SUMMARY:BookWisdom\: Writing a Women's Life with Ann Daly DESCRIPTION:How are women's lives captured in words?
Life coach and author Ann Daly shares her favorite titles\, including memoirs\, fiction\, and theory. Bring your own favorite titles by/about women! Part book club\, part happy hour\, part self-help group\, this ongoing salon promotes books as a resource to inspire and improve women’s lives.
Join us as we discuss My Life in France as well as memoirs by Isadora Duncan (My Life)\, May Sarton (Journal of a Solitude)\, Carolyn Heilbrun (Writing a Woman’s Life)\, Jeannie Ralston (Unlikely Lavender Queen)\, and others. Hope to see you here and to hear what you have to say about the books!
Refreshments will be served!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091113T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091113T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-open-mic-night-featuring-chandra-washington URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-open-mic-night-featuring-chandra-washington SUMMARY:Poetry Open Mic Night featuring Chandra Washington DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry Night is hosted by Deb Akers. Bring your poetry to share!
Besides writing and performing poetry\, Chandra dances\, sings\, plays percussion\, writes songs\, acts\, and has a flair for the culinary arts. Born in Austin - bred in the D.C. area\, Her poetry is informative\, seductive\, in-your-face\, suggestive\, thought provoking\, controversial\, musical\, and extremely personal - with a delivery that is animated and tactile - even comical!
Collaboration with World Saxophone Quartet's Hamiet Bluiett led to her direct the Healing Caravan performance project\, incorporating world-class music &\; spoken word to deliver the message of healing and natural nutrition. Awarded a full publishing contract in the 2005 Big Texas Poetry Competition\, Chandra is using the prize to publish a self-help book for all ages titled No Mistake. Her latest vocal/spoken word collaboration is titled the N.O.W. U. Project.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091114T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091114T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-karla-morton-texas-state-poet-laureate URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-karla-morton-texas-state-poet-laureate SUMMARY:Poetry with Karla Morton\, Texas State Poet Laureate DESCRIPTION:Karla K. Morton\, 2010 Texas State Poet Laureate\, has a new book of poems from Dos Gatos Press. Redefining Beauty came out of Morton's journey through her own diagnosis\, treatment and recovery from breast cancer.
In a series of passionate and powerful poems\, accompanied by photographer Walter Eagleton's black and white images\, Redefining Beauty offers readers hope and comfort through its intimate candor\, good-humored defiance and unfiltered honesty. A lifelong poet\, as well as a wife and mother of two\, Morton was diagnosed with breast cancer in May\, 2008. In search of information to help her fight the disease\, Morton turned to books. She found facts and statistics. She found self-help books. “But I needed more\,” she says. “I needed some grit\, a leather strap between my teeth. And when I couldn't find what I needed\, I simply wrote my way through it.”
Karla K. Morton is a celebrated poet\, author and storyteller. She has several upcoming books\, including Becoming Superman\, Names We've Never Known\, and a collection of her works as part of the Poet Laureate series by TCU Press (to be published in 2010). Karla's poetry\, which spans many subjects and forms\, has also been published in a number of literary journals. She serves on the board of the Greater Denton Arts Council and the Denton Poets' Assembly. As Texas Poet Laureate for 2010\, Karla has launched a Little Town\, Texas Tour across the state to serve as an ambassador of poetry.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091115T004500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091115T004500Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/drumming-workshop-tonya-lyles-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/drumming-workshop-tonya-lyles-0 SUMMARY:Drumming Workshop with Tonya Lyles DESCRIPTION:This workshop series will enhance your connection to rhythm thru hand drumming. Drumming is a wonderful way to revitalize your spirit\, rejuvenate your body\, and connect with others while playing in community. Drumming is an ancient tradition. Some believe women were the first drummers before they were forbidden to play.
In our class\, you will learn basic techniques\, hand patterns\, and traditional rhythms on the West African djembe drum. You bring the interest and inhibition\, and I will bring the drums and instruction. Together we will build a drum community. Come and Drum Sista Drum!
Each class is $15 with a part of the proceeds going to the store. To reserve a drum contact sistadrums@yahoo.com or call the store.
Tonya "\;Onye"\; Lyles is a multi-instrumentalist based in Austin Texas. She founded SistaDrums to rejuvenate\, invigorate and uplift a community through teaching the art of hand-drumming and movement linked to traditional world rhythms. Since 1994\, she has been playing and performing traditional rhythms on djembe and currently teaches in Austin\, Texas. Her performance experiences range from solo artist to member of a 16 piece West African drum and dance ensemble.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T060524Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091115T213000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091115T213000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/color-your-cloth-quilters-guide-malka-dubrawsky URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/color-your-cloth-quilters-guide-malka-dubrawsky SUMMARY:Color Your Cloth\, A Quilter's Guide by Malka Dubrawsky DESCRIPTION:A longtime Austinite\, Malka Dubrawsky originally came here to attend the University of Texas where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art.
It was life at home with children that brought her to creating with fabric and eventually to patterning the fabric itself.
Her first book\, Color Your Cloth\: A Quilter's Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric introduces the reader to dyeing fabric with wax resist or batik. The focus of this book is the accessibility of this process to someone who
crafts at home. In her book\, Malka states\, "\;I know this process is doable at home because I do it at home."\; The book covers a variety of techniques for creating simple\, graphic patterns on cotton or linen oftentimes using commonplace objects as wax applicators. The entire process is covered thoroughly and the book includes 12 easy to create projects to spur the reader from blank fabric to finished product.