books on the root: Poetry Reading List recommends "Psalm of the Sunflower!"

Read excerpts from poetry collections featured on the Roots Reading List: The Poetry Edition. Check out new work from Tara Betts, Antoinette Brim, Randall Horton, Ruth Forman, Curtis Crisler and Haki Madhubuti. Follow the link: http://www.theroot.com/blogs/willow-press/reading-list-poetry-edition

Antoinette Brim guest hosts ... Literary Nation Talk Radio

Guests will include: Sherry Young, Director of Marketing and Special Projects of the National Book Foundation who will discuss the 60th National Book Awards. Matthew Stevens, Director of RASP Educational Consultants who will discuss the upcoming Rutgers University "How to Successfully Educate Male Youth Symposium." Vanora Franklin Legaux, President of the National Association of Black Storytellers, who will discuss the NABS conference to be held in Little Rock November 11-15. Tune in to KABF FM 88.3 or http://www.kabf.org/ at Noon CST.

"Psalm of the Sunflower" Reading at Pulaski Technical College

The Pulaski Technical College "Psalm of the Sunflower" reading and book-signing is Tuesday, September 22 at 6:00 PM in the Campus Center Grand Hall. It is free and open to the public. Come and bring your friends!

"Psalm of the Sunflower" launches at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

Pyramid Books, Art & Custom Framing and

The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center host the

PSALM OF THE SUNFLOWER

READING & BOOK SIGNING

with Author, Educator & Poet, Antoinette Brim

Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 3:00 PM

Mosiac Templars Cultural Center

500 West Ninth Street

Little Rock, AR 72201

This event is free & open to the public!

New Interactive Online Journal Launches!

We are very pleased to invite you to read and interact with us through this new online Wising Up Anthology: Cold Shoulders & Evil Eyes: Steadying Gazes & Warm Embraces -Inclusion and Exclusion in Our Daily Lives. Enjoy poetry, fiction, and memoir by 20 writers with author commentary and discussion questions. Read more at http://www.universaltable.org/coldshoulderscontents/introduction.html.

My poem, She Waits, can be found here: http://www.universaltable.org/coldshouldersvvi/vwaiting.html.

Antoinette Brim to guest host Literary Nation Talk Radio

Antoinette Brim, educator and author of Psalm of the Sunflower (Willow Books/Aquarius Press) will guest host Literary Nation Talk Radio KABF on FM 88.3 Little Rock, AR and live on the internet at http://www.kabf.org/. The time of the broadcast will be noon CST/1:00 p.m. EST/10:00 a.m. PST.

Tune-in to hear call-in guest Nathalie Handal, educator and awarding-winning poet and playwright: http://www.nathaliehandal.com/biography.htm and call-in guest Bern Nadette Stanis, actress and author. Remember Thelma from Good Times? She will discuss her book, Situations 101: the good, the bad and the ugly: http://www.thelmaofgoodtimes.com/index.html and in-studio guest Dr. Michelle Wright, Speaker and Success Expert and top-performing national and international multiple award-winning corporate leader. Dr. Wright is author of Dear Success Seeker.

Antoinette Brim will be guest hosting for Patrick M. Oliver, Editor of Turn The Page and You Don't Stop (Essence Magazine Best Seller). He is also the founder of the Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series, as well as, the host and executive producer of Literary Nation KABF FM 88.3 http://www.kabf.org/. Visit his website at http://www.speakloudly.com/.

9 days until "Psalm of the Sunflower" releases!

Willow Books just received Psalm of the Sunflower from the printer! Preorders are being shipped! There is still time to get the pre-order special, but you must order by September 1st! Visit http://willowbookspoetry.com/antoinettebrim.htm or click on the "Books" tab of this site. Thank you for your support.