Teaching Arkansas African-American Writers

Antoinette Brim reads from “Psalm of the Sunflower” at Bradley University

Visiting

Writers Series

Presents

Poetry Reading

by

Antoinette Brim

Wednesday, April 21

7:30 p.m. ■ Wyckoff Room, Library

Free and Open to the Public

Sponsored by the English Department and the Intellectual and Cultural Activities Committee

Antoinette Brim guest hosts Literary Nation Talk Radio

TUNE-IN AND SPREAD THE WORD!

Literary Nation Talk Radio

Thursdays Noon CST/1:00 p.m./10:00 a.m. KABF FM 88.3 or http://www.kabf.org/

Celebrate Women's History Month! Tune in and join Literary Nation as we discuss a variety of topics such as art as activism, women writers, creative writing, health issues and upcoming events.

Special guest host Antoinette Brim, educator and author of Psalm of the Sunflower.

Call-in guests include: Lita Hooper, educator, poet and author of Thunder in Her Voice: The Narrative of Sojourner Truth. Dr. Lita Hooper is scheduled to be in Little Rock on April 24, 2010 for a creative writing symposium honoring Maya Angelou, Henry Dumas, Haki Madhubuti and Richard Wright. Learn more at http://www.litahooper.com/

Malika Redmond, Action Vice Chair, National Women's Health Network.Most notably, Malika was one of the youngest national field organizers for the 2004 March for “Women’s Lives” in Washington, D.C. bringing over 1 million participants to the national mall. This march is one of the largest marches in U.S. history. Learn more at http://www.nwhn.org/

Jessica Care Moore, poet, publisher Moore Black Press and author of God is Not an American. She will also speak about the Women’s Empowerment event at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Learn more at: http://mooreblackpress.com/

SPREAD THE WORD!

"Psalm of the Sunflower" at The Cloverdale Middle School Family Literacy Night and Book Fair

This event is open to the public. Come out. Meet the authors. Peruse the books. Take a few home!

Words Matter: Antoinette Brim interviews with Abdul Ali

Words Matter

Art. Culture. Life.

Poems That Flow to the Brim.

This week with all of the hoopla about snowfall, deadlines, and fleeting meltdowns, I had the distinct pleasure of not only meeting a new poet but encountering her work.
Antoinette Brim’s debut collection, Psalm of the Sunflower was a delight. We had an opportunity to correspond about her debut collection. Continued at: http://abdul-ali.com/

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.