tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367483012550963102024-03-13T13:23:18.965-07:00POETIC MUSINGSDemetrice Anntia Worley's Poetic Musings, Thoughts, Quotations, Photographs, e-Articles, Writing Recipes, Etc.Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-61575060092372287362011-03-24T11:56:00.000-07:002011-03-24T11:56:30.570-07:00** Book Release Annoucement** TONGUES IN MY MOUTH Poems by Demetrice Anntía Worley<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">is officially RELEASED</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Main Street Rag Publishing, March 22, 2011!</span></strong></div><br />
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my dream would never have become<br />
this wonderful reality. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: large;">For detailed information about my book, please visit my <em><a href="http://demetriceanntiaworley.com/">Tongues in My Mouth</a></em> Web site.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">If you placed a “Pre-Order” for Tongues in My Mouth between October 2010 and March 1, 2011, you should soon receive your book(s) because Main Street Rag Publishing is now shipping books across the United States. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Book Launch Celebration</strong></span></div><br />
<em>Tongues in My Mouth</em>‘s official <a href="http://www.demetriceworley.com/">Book Launch Celebration</a> will be held at Lakeview Museum in Peoria, Illinois, on Saturday, April 16, 2011, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Scheduled Readings</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>This spring I will conduct readings in <a href="http://demetriceworley.com/">Peoria, Illinois, at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and at New York University</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">How to Order YOUR Copy of Tongues in My Mouth </span></strong></div><br />
You can order your first copy or additional copies of <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em> for $14 (+shipping & handling) from <a href="http://www.mainstreetrag.com/DWorley.html">Main Street Rag’s Bookstore</a> (PayPal preferred; PayPal will accept credit cards).Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-17994914419328157172011-03-11T08:28:00.000-08:002011-03-11T08:32:37.185-08:00Earthquake and Tsunami Hit Japan<span style="font-size: large;">Sending my prayers and my thoughts across the world to eveyone (and their families who live in other parts of the world) the earthquake and tsunamis have touched. Ashé.</span>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-20804907600704306312011-03-04T19:27:00.000-08:002011-03-04T19:27:21.823-08:00Book Release Date: March 15, 2011!<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;">Two pieces of great news:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;">1) Everything is in place for the March 15, 2011, release of <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;">2) Price reduction for Tongues in My Mouth, from $14 to $12!</span>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-68329484951444489562011-02-28T08:48:00.000-08:002011-02-28T08:51:29.494-08:00Two Days Left (through March 1) to Buy "Tongues in My Mouth" at $9 Advance Order Price<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><strong>It Was on Your List of Things to Do</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><em>Tongues in My Mouth</em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">at the $9 "Advance" order price. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">After March 1, it will cost $14, which is still a bargain!</span></span></span><br />
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</div>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-47827304272415082392011-02-23T09:41:00.000-08:002011-02-23T09:41:31.464-08:00My Debut Book of Poetry, Tongues in My Mouth, Release Date is March 2011!With joy in my heart, I am happy to share with you that I now hold the galley pages for my debut poetry book, <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em>, in my hands (well, in a PDF file)! The book’s release is set for next month, March 2011.<br />
Without the support of my FB fam, CC fam, immediate family members, relatives, friends (those friends I know and the ones I do ot know), and colleagues, this reality could have possibly never occurred. Ashé.<br />
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As promised, everyone who bought a copy of the book and sent me a copy of the receipt will receive a <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em> 12 month magnetic calendar within the next two weeks!<br />
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Thank you for your timely responses to my call for help. Thank you for making your dollars walk your talk. Thank you for believing in my poetry. <br />
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If you have not yet bought a copy of <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em>, it is <strong><span style="color: yellow;">available until March 1st for $9</span></strong>. After March 1st it is available for $14: <a href="http://www.mainstreetrag.com/DWorley.html">www.mainstreetrag.com/DWorley.html</a><br />
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Yours in Poetry, Peace, & Light ~ Demetrice Anntía WorleyDemetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-16017380447543201332011-01-18T16:11:00.000-08:002011-01-18T17:01:50.920-08:00The Joy in Your Life: Uncovering Reality<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Tina Turner's wise words are are an anchor point for me today:</strong></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>"Sometimes you've got to let everything go—purge yourself . . . If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out." </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"> ~Tina Turner</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Thank you </strong></em></span><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>for the love </em></span></strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><em>and support you </em><em>have given me </em></span></span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><strong>as I gather joy </strong></em></span><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>into my life </em><em>and </em></span></strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>arrange </em><em>my </em></span></strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><strong>resplendent bouquet.</strong></em></span></span></div><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></strong> </span><br />
<div align="center"><em><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ash</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">é</span></span></span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-41340875685244436102011-01-15T15:24:00.000-08:002011-01-15T15:24:16.520-08:00My First Newspaper Feature Story as the Author of "Tongues in My MouthPlease check out "Every Tongue Matters," a two-page feature story, by Chris Cooper, about me and my debut poetry book "Tongues in My Mouth," which appears in the January 13 issue of "Asian American Times." In addition, it includes photographs of me worth seeing! :) <br />
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1. <a href="http://www.asianamericantimes.us/">http://www.asianamericantimes.us/</a> <br />
2. click on PRINT EDITION<br />
3. click on JANUARY 13, 2011<br />
4. click on PAGES 10 and 11<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My book publisher has informed me that because of slow advance orders for my poetry book, he will be forced to move back the publication date for my book by several months <strong>UNLESS advance orders are received within the first two weeks of January 2011</strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Advance copies of <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em> are only $9 (+2.50 for shipping and handling),</span></strong> and you can order them on-line at the </span><a href="http://www.mainstreetrag.com/store/ComingSoon.php"><span style="font-size: large;">Main Street Rag On-line Bookstore</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to Nikki Giovanni, international poet, “What an opus Demetrice Anntía Worley has created with <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em>. The stark and beautiful truths she explores are ones we ought to know and begin to view. This book needs to be on every desk. Thank you Demetrice Anntía Worley, for your insight. For your bravery. For your soul stirring. <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em> is an important book.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More detailed information about my book is available at my </span><a href="http://demetriceanntiaworley.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Tongues in My Mouth blog</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and at my </span><a href="http://www.mainstreetrag.com/DWorley.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Main Street Rag Author's Page</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Without your support, I will not be able to do three book readings in March and April 2011 and the wonderful book launch party I am planning will not occur. Also, please share this information with any of your friends that you think might be interested in buying my book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Please order your advance copy today and send me a message (<a href="mailto:demetrice@demetriceworley.com">demetrice@demetriceworley.com</a>)</span></strong> letting me know you placed your order. <strong><span style="color: red;">When I receive your message I will send you a <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em> 2011 Calendar</span></strong>. In addition, I will have solid advance book order numbers to show my publisher the interest in my poetry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: red;">If you have already ordered a copy, please send me a message (<a href="mailto:demetrice@demetriceworley.com">demetrice@demetriceworley.com</a>) and I will send you the <em>Tongues in My Mouth</em> 2011 Calendar</span></strong>, and I will add your order to the number of advance orders placed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you in advance for your support. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yours in Poetry and Peace, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today</span>, on 11/1/10, with great joy in my heart, I am announcing the upcoming "birth" of my first book of poetry: Tongues in My Mouth, Main Street Rag Publishing, forthcoming March 2011. My second blog site contains specific information about the book and to a larger picture of her beautiful face (bless you Rachel Eliza Griffiths, for use of your divine photograph on the cover). <br />
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<span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">In addition, this site contains “”Author Information”; “Comments” on the book by Allison Joseph, Kevin Stein, and Nikki Giovanni; “The Herstory,” behind Tongues in My Mouth’s creation; a “Schedule” of future readings; and “Contact Information.” </span></span><br />
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<span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">Several links on the site take you to Main Street Rag’s Bookstore where you may purchase your copy at the pre-order price of $9. Remember winter holidays are right around the corner. Buy a second one to give as a gift to a loved one or friend! </span></span><br />
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<span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">If you would like, you can go directly to <a href="http://www.mainstreetrag.com/store/ComingSoon.php">Main Street Rag’s Bookstore</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"><wbr><strong><span style="color: blue;">Thank you in advance for your support. Ashé</span></strong></span></span>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-48712209599554143302010-09-29T09:01:00.000-07:002010-09-29T09:20:10.930-07:00Buy a Book of Poetry a Month and Change Our World<span class="UIStory_Message">What IF we each bought 6 NEW POETRY BOOKS by emerging and established POETS OF COLOR whose work we admire? What would happen? Would it change how we think? Would it change how we interact with others? What if we bought 6 MORE NEW POETRY BOOKS by POETS OF COLOR and DONATED them to our neighborhood library, community act<span class="text_exposed_show">ion agency, Urban League, and heaven forbid, our college/university? Would we change how a child/student thinks? Would we change how people interact with other people? Would it start a ripple that could change the world? Let’s all BUY ONE book a month by a POET OF COLOR and change the world. Ashé</span></span><br />
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<span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">Last month, August 2010, I pre-ordered and paid for Niki Heard's <em>The Language of Shedding Skin</em>, forthcoming, December 2010:</span></span><br />
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I only have 2 days left in this month to buy my next poetry book!Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-12288127585645929832010-09-24T16:38:00.000-07:002010-09-25T16:35:05.147-07:00"Tongues in My Mouth" Has Found a Publishing Home<span class="UIStory_Message">On the 40th submission of my book manuscript to a first poetry book contest/poetry publisher (over the last three years), I received an e-mail message stating, "<a href="http://www.mainstreetrag.com/">Main Street Rag</a> is pleased to offer you publication if it is still available." </span><br />
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<span class="UIStory_Message">"If it was still available?', I yelled at my computer screen, "Heck, yes [or something close to that]! It is still available!"</span><br />
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<span class="UIStory_Message">Soon and very soon, I will post more information about my forthcoming poetry book <strong><em>Tongues in My Mouth</em></strong> (Main Street Rag Publishing, forthcoming Spring 2011). Right now, I am handling the "most be done" activities that are required to move the manuscript into book form. For example, t</span><span class="UIStory_Message">he front cover is done and the back cover is in progress, I would to give you a "peek" at the front cover, but I have a feeling that my editor is NOT ready for the world to see it yet</span><br />
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<span class="UIStory_Message">Great News: You will be able to pre-order <em><strong>Tongues in My Mouth</strong></em> as soon as it appears on <a href="http://www.mainstreetrag.com/store/ComingSoon.php">Main Street Rag Publishing's "Coming Soon" page</a>. Your pre-orders will be greatly appreciated as we begin to get out "the buzz" across the nation about <em><strong>Tongues in My Mouth</strong></em>: think YouTube video, post cards, lapel pins, flyers, tee-shirts, book bags, and so on. </span><br />
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<span class="UIStory_Message">Oh, my. I am so happy; I cannot stop grinning! </span><br />
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Must get back to my "book work." {Demetrice winks and nods her head}Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-37981682965963253242010-09-09T20:29:00.000-07:002010-09-09T20:38:15.291-07:00A Must READ: Poet John Murrillo's Lyrically Lucid Words: "Some Thoughts After Re-reading Hughes' 'I, Too, Sing America'"Listen up people. You MUST read John Murillo's <a href="http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/qa_american_poetry/page_56/">"Some Thoughts After Re-reading Hughes' 'I, Too, Sing America'"</a> an answer" poem/essay/call on the <a href="http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/">Poetry Society of America</a>'s Website. Then, you must make copies of it and put them in your pocket. Pass them out on your local corners. Plaster them on you office doors, cubical walls, blogs, and newspaper editorial pages. And then, share them with your students so <br />
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[We], too [are] America[n poets.]”<br />
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<blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ujtb-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ujtb-cover.jpg" /></a></div>"<a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/04/poet-spotlight-john-murillo/">John Murillo</a> is the current Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. A graduate of New York University’s MFA program in creative writing, he has also received fellowships from the New York Times, Cave Canem, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He is a two-time Larry Neal Writers’ Award winner and the inaugural Elma P. Stuckey Visiting Emerging Poet-in-Residence at Columbia College Chicago. His poetry has appeared in such publications as Callaloo, Court Green, Ploughshares, Ninth Letter, and the anthology Writing Self and Community: African-American Poetry After the Civil Rights Movement. <em>Up Jump the Boogie</em> is his first collection" (Quotation from Craig Santos Perez's, "<a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/04/poet-spotlight-john-murillo/">Poet Spotlight: John Murillo</a>" that appears on "<a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/about-harriet/">Harriet: A Blog</a> from the <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/about.html">Poetry Foundation</a>").</blockquote>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-75883617160701849762010-09-02T10:07:00.000-07:002010-09-02T21:03:38.292-07:00Tara Betts, Author of Arc & Hue, Begins Sharing Other Poets' Poems via YouTubeHearing poetry read is medicine for the soul. In her own rights, <a href="http://tarabetts.net/blog/">Tara Betts</a> is an outstanding poet. Her first book of poems, <em><a href="http://stores.aquariuspressbookseller.net/Categories.bok">Arc & Hue</a></em>, will leave you breathless. <br />
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Her latest venture is to orally share poems on YouTube. Become a follower. Her poem choices are interesting and thought provoking. If you were to read one poem aloud to other people, which one would you read and why?<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc9YoLzjHWE"><span style="font-size: large;">Tara Betts' "Poetry EPs" reads Crystal Williams' "The Wives' Tales"</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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"Tara Betts shares a poem by a poet in this ongoing web series and briefly discusses it. This debut episode features Crystal Williams' 'Troubled Tongues'(Lotus Press, 2009), her third book and winner of the 2009 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award."Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-64073751387950380942010-07-23T10:34:00.000-07:002010-07-23T13:30:55.027-07:00Happenings beween April & July<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt040IYjoA4pSe7SbJPJDvLDEbIxejNkdXv9U4D9K0AX_SYf8fevS9eiVAo93vjaQgFqpxm1qmoPoar2LU36KkUtlMveqR2piMKO8xRnHQVTrFFwqrJewr-_qx21kLtzZPhbWFLDkVBVY/s1600/2010+Austrialia+252.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497194429455011106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt040IYjoA4pSe7SbJPJDvLDEbIxejNkdXv9U4D9K0AX_SYf8fevS9eiVAo93vjaQgFqpxm1qmoPoar2LU36KkUtlMveqR2piMKO8xRnHQVTrFFwqrJewr-_qx21kLtzZPhbWFLDkVBVY/s200/2010+Austrialia+252.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>TRAVELS</strong><br /><br />Since April I've been working hard at my daily job. One of the joys of my job is I have the opportunity to travel abroad and teach a writing class. This year I traveled to Australia where I had a great time teaching a great group of students and spent hours walking around Sydney. I even walked across and back on the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Truly a moving experience as the sun set filling the sky with muted pinks, purples, oranges, an yellows. I carried my writing journal with me everywhere I went and am looking for a few poems to come out of my Australian adventures.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6omWozyE3sA6QWl3G5SY-WVcjOcBZy9Vzvb6W4S-QdSq-dsE-Nc0Bo2nSnZ6zKWEqhpzpsqS6fv8SayF6u2EDsK4xBEOYDByl5wBWdY3w1uwGSImK8bwf7wht8ILqrqP6DRO1u2YJA8s/s1600/2010+Austrialia+237.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497194904428032226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6omWozyE3sA6QWl3G5SY-WVcjOcBZy9Vzvb6W4S-QdSq-dsE-Nc0Bo2nSnZ6zKWEqhpzpsqS6fv8SayF6u2EDsK4xBEOYDByl5wBWdY3w1uwGSImK8bwf7wht8ILqrqP6DRO1u2YJA8s/s200/2010+Austrialia+237.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>POETRY</strong><br /><br />The poems having been coming s-l-o-w-l-y, but I am not worried. They will come. On the other hand, the visual images for my "When the Caged Bird Sings" art exhibit are FIERCE and they are coming fast and furiously. Yesterday, I made myself laugh aloud when I thought "This birdcage exhibit has to come together otherwise I have no excuse for my house looking like it should be on Horders."<br /><br />Recent good news about my poetry:<br /><br />* My poetry manuscript "Tongues in My Mouth" was a semi-finalist in the <a href="http://craborchardreview.siuc.edu/firstpo.html">2009 Crab Orchard Review First Book Prize. </a>Another verison of this manuscript was a semi-finalist in the 2007 Crab Orchard Review First Book Prize.<br /><br />* "Tongues in My Mouth" was also a semi-finalist in the <a href="http://www.mmminc.org/html/2009contests.htm">2009 Many Mountains Moving Press Poetry Book Prize</a>.<br /><br /><br /><strong>FICTION</strong><br /><br />In January I made a resolution to start writing fiction and/or creative nonfiction in addition to writing poetry. Well, when I attended the <a href="http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/">AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Prograpms) Conference</a> in April this year, I entered a <em>Knee Jerk Magazine</em>'s (an online literary journal)Extremely short Fiction (75 words)Best Buddies Contest. Guess what? My extremely short story "The Truth and Nothing but the Truth" as a runner-up for the prize. It appeared in <em>Knee Jerk Magazine</em>, Issue 11, May 2010.<br /><br /><br /><strong>"LAST WORDS"</strong><br /><br />As I work on several writing projects at one time(two edited anthologies; new poems and mixed media art for "When the Caged Bird Sings"; and a new poetry manuscript "Beneath the Surface") the following quotations has given me inspiration:<br /><br />* "<em>The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.</em>" ~ Anaïs Nin<br /><br />and<br /><br />* "<em>You are a creator. What are you creating? There are 2 types of people: those who run with an idea to its execution, and those who make excuses as to why it can't be done, then get upset when someone else makes it happen. Now is the time to follow through. I await your great idea.</em>" ~ Opal Palmer Adisa<br /><br /><br />May these quotations inspire you, also.<br /><br /><em><strong>Peace</strong></em>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-7038160912335882482010-04-01T05:20:00.000-07:002010-08-23T15:25:27.838-07:00My First Art Exhibit! "When the Caged Bird Sings," Fall 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EZnoZOWi312pTmRBu3KJvWSRlFw5o79X8JY92EMYplF3MXe19Dx3Z-EzY45R1FCRwk6Xqp06zgjvLH7Sdo_UTxw6R-GpvlZ-ZSD_4XlJuCG4fTSS2UKZf79a34EMi0H22IhIuKBNDKs/s1600/Dare+to+Try+a+Copyright.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455145011466380994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EZnoZOWi312pTmRBu3KJvWSRlFw5o79X8JY92EMYplF3MXe19Dx3Z-EzY45R1FCRwk6Xqp06zgjvLH7Sdo_UTxw6R-GpvlZ-ZSD_4XlJuCG4fTSS2UKZf79a34EMi0H22IhIuKBNDKs/s320/Dare+to+Try+a+Copyright.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 227px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
Put it on your calendar.<br />
Firat viusal art exhibit:<br />
"When the Caged Bird Sings," by Demetrice Anntia Worley, fall 2011. What is it? Mixed media on canvas/within confines/poetry & fiction on the page/posters. Exhibit will be shared "in person/rss/videotape/photographs."<br />
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After two years of contemplation, collecting, and sharing every available space in my house (listening to my Significant Other repeatedly ask why do have I have all of this "stuff"), garage, and rented-storage space, and my "baby" is on creation's cusp.Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-40443896345369364502009-10-28T13:24:00.000-07:002009-10-28T16:51:28.086-07:00On Writing a Poem-a-DayFor the last 13 days, I have been attempting to write a poem a day with a group of 8 writers who are scattered across the United States and France. Over half of the writers have been able to create a poem-a-day. And I am not talking about poems that are full of flat, surface-level language and images. My contrabutions to the group's efforts have been a decent one page poem and a haiku. This small production, however, does not reflect the agnast and physical discomfort (tension in my neck and back) I have experienced as I sat in front of my computer or paper pad and tried to will words into images, into lines.<br /><br />In April 2009 I attempted to write a poem a day, and in the process, I created a poem which included a reference to what would occur at my mother's funeral. Five days after I wrote the poem, my mother died of a massive stroke. Here I am six months later sitting in front of my computer, finally able to admit my mother's death occuring right after I wrote that fateful poem scared me silent. This fear and my sense of life's flatness has kept me from writing a poem-a-day during the last thirteen days. (In total, I have written four poems since my mother's death).<br /><br />Confession is good for my soul: At this junture in my life, my muse will not sing, and I cannot write a poem-a-day. I do not know if I will ever be able to write a poem a day. I pray to create a poem-a-week. Ashé<br /><br /><br />Poem 3/4 for my November 2009 Four Poems in Four Weeks. <em>Note: I had to use underlines to make the spacing work in this blog entry. In the actual poem, I used white space, not underlines, to space out the words.</em><p><br /></p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> Creation</strong></span><br /><br />i.<br /><br />Today, after months<br />of reading, I began<br />meditating. <br />Today, <em>words,</em><br />my first mantra.<br /><br /><br />ii.<br /><br />My words<br />are____my____breath.<br />I____inhale<p><br /><p><br />deep<br /></p><br />________ly.<br />____I____release<br />_____________________slow____ly.Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-28650589021759305042009-09-26T14:37:00.000-07:002009-09-26T15:01:17.557-07:00Open Mic Reading at Peoria Contemporary Arts CenterThe two recent poems I wrote about my mother, "To Whom It May Concern—Written on the Back of a Denny’s Place Mat, April 15, 2009" and "Five Days after I Write about My Mother’s Funeral, She Suffers a Massive Stroke and Dies" made their public debut on September 17 at the Peoria Contemporary Arts Center Open Mic night. They were received with sadness and joy which touched my heart immensely.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURWQQ8LcFr88jF3EsQ7f1yV4frRgQufAr_eKBL45uimaTvJa65dTnLKHOR5del8EiTgGJLOTBT-WDHiiwx_jJtsKDKwZv8Jpz2II09SvPAVZAH3B_z_TcQGA4BLO0Oh9Ch3Uy435h9rU/s1600-h/Me,+Rachael,+and+Rae+after+reading+and+performing+at+Open+Mic+at+the+Peoria+Contemporary+Arts+Center,+Sept.+2009..jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385895195428664114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURWQQ8LcFr88jF3EsQ7f1yV4frRgQufAr_eKBL45uimaTvJa65dTnLKHOR5del8EiTgGJLOTBT-WDHiiwx_jJtsKDKwZv8Jpz2II09SvPAVZAH3B_z_TcQGA4BLO0Oh9Ch3Uy435h9rU/s200/Me,+Rachael,+and+Rae+after+reading+and+performing+at+Open+Mic+at+the+Peoria+Contemporary+Arts+Center,+Sept.+2009..jpg" border="0" /></a>I attended the open mic night at the urging of two of my graduate students, Rachael (center) and Ready Rae (right). Rachael's poems shocked the audience out of their stereotypes about her based on her appearance. Whereas, Ready Rae's poetic images took them to intimate places.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbZjizaHKdCQfZSNpRHT1FaMjzG08qGc45oEx3JNFVjMzhgBOgTQqBKHkIDiu_b2lUSzi9DjbsR3L-iRhMcytqEzF7Z7frbV7xnKUdu41AmnZGw7MzP48y2PXgEQ90B3yKDa4FYctda0/s1600-h/Peace+Toes+May+2009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385897225591098690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbZjizaHKdCQfZSNpRHT1FaMjzG08qGc45oEx3JNFVjMzhgBOgTQqBKHkIDiu_b2lUSzi9DjbsR3L-iRhMcytqEzF7Z7frbV7xnKUdu41AmnZGw7MzP48y2PXgEQ90B3yKDa4FYctda0/s200/Peace+Toes+May+2009.jpg" border="0" /></a> A funny aside: I was compelled to read barefooted! A first for me. For some reason, I knew I would be able to read the poems with crying if I could feel the stage without with my sandals. It worked. I didn't cry, but instead, felt great peace before, during, and after the reading.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbZjizaHKdCQfZSNpRHT1FaMjzG08qGc45oEx3JNFVjMzhgBOgTQqBKHkIDiu_b2lUSzi9DjbsR3L-iRhMcytqEzF7Z7frbV7xnKUdu41AmnZGw7MzP48y2PXgEQ90B3yKDa4FYctda0/s1600-h/Peace+Toes+May+2009.jpg"></a>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-63265256346519983832009-09-07T00:21:00.000-07:002009-09-07T00:37:48.138-07:00My Poetry Chapbook Femicide/Femcidio and Donating to a Worthy International Cause<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGdN8-SQXDcKbviAJuM4W7PY6Q4FvTRzGkqK8p9cuEr2JXdYemzyYnAzbSoPYiuyQtL1CtLMdxAANqSSKYFzqDcg6D2INZR7qwscC52emY_CN_TFxGPKis-4gaTnuOOdR2z0Cim-mZuU/s1600-h/Femicide+Femicidio+Chapbook+Cover+Pink.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378625777387983538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGdN8-SQXDcKbviAJuM4W7PY6Q4FvTRzGkqK8p9cuEr2JXdYemzyYnAzbSoPYiuyQtL1CtLMdxAANqSSKYFzqDcg6D2INZR7qwscC52emY_CN_TFxGPKis-4gaTnuOOdR2z0Cim-mZuU/s320/Femicide+Femicidio+Chapbook+Cover+Pink.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Because . . .<br /><br />* Women are not disposable!<br /><br />* The murdered and disappeared women and girls of Ciudad Juarez most not be forgotten!<br /><br />* I am a world citizen who wants to bring about a positive change!<br /><br />I would like to sell 50 of my Femicide/Femicidio chapbooks between September 7, 2009 and May 15, 2010, in order to donate $2 from each sale, for a total of $100, to Amnesty International to help end the femicide/femicidio in Ciudad Juarez. The chapbook which contains my 2009 Split This Rock Poetry Contest Third Place winning poem is available for purchase for $8 at <a href="http://artfulrevisions2.artfire.com/">http://artfulrevisions2.artfire.com/</a>.<br /><br />Thank you for your support. PeaceDemetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-46703333525149648142009-08-17T16:08:00.000-07:002009-09-07T00:37:01.594-07:00If you do not get the chance to hear me on Literary Nation Talk Radio at noon on August 20th, perhaps you can attend my talk "Giving Voice to Women Writers" at 6:00 pm at the Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center, Little Rock, Arkansas.<br /><br /><br /><strong>"Giving Voice to Women Writers," Women Writers Night Out</strong><br /><br /><strong>Host: Say It Loud! Women Empowerment Series<br />Type: Education - Workshop<br />Price: FREE<br />Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009<br />Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm<br />Location: Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center<br />Street: 3805 W. 12th Street<br />City/Town: Little Rock, AR<br />Email: info@speakloudly.com </strong>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-1373280955807586832009-08-17T15:27:00.000-07:002009-08-17T15:42:49.107-07:00Demetrice Anntia Worley On Literary Nation Radio Show, August 20, 2009Please tune into Literary Nation Radio Show on August 20, 2009, as I am one of the interviewees:<br /><br /><em><strong>Literary Nation Talk Radio </strong></em><br /><br />KABF FM 88.3 Little Rock, AR. and live on the internet www.kabf.org Noon CST/1:00 p.m. EST/10:00 a.m. PST <br /><br />12:03 p.m. Call-in Dr. Carol Lee, educator and author of Culture, Literacy and Learning http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/profile/?p=72&/CarolLee/ <br />Co-founder Bettye Shabazz International Charter School http://www.bsics.net/aboutus.html <br /><br />12:20 p.m. Call-in Sonia Barrett, writer and radio host http://www.sovereignmindradio.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=5 <br /><br />12:40 p.m. In-studio Dr. Demetrice Worley, educator, writer, educator and Cave Canem Fellow. http://www.demetriceworley.comDemetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-28257234835090879312009-07-18T06:36:00.000-07:002009-07-18T06:56:39.342-07:00During the 1960s and 1970s, Walter Cronkite Told Me the News and I Believed Him, Always 1917 - 2009 ~ R.I.P.<strong>Colored Girl</strong><br /><br /><br />In 1968 when Martin Luther King Jr., died,<br />I stopped being colored.<br /><br /><blockquote><em>Sitting cross-legged,<br />on avocado shag carpet, I watch,<br />expressionless, our nineteen inch<br />black and white television—<br />Samantha Stevens rides her broom<br />side-saddle across</em> Bewitched's<br /><em>opening credits. Newsbreak:<br />Walter Cronkite’s pale eyes<br />do not blink as he informs<br />the nation,</em> Negroes are rioting,<br />on Chicago’s west side, in Harlem,<br />Watts. <em>Across our Zenith’s screen,<br />light and dark gray images shift,<br />people running, buildings burning,<br />a colored man, carrying a naked<br />white mannequin, raises his fist,<br />cries,</em> Power to the people.</blockquote><br />I wondered about darkness, as only<br />an eight-year-old child can wonder—<br /><blockquote><em>That April evening,standing<br />in my parents’ bedroom,<br />forehead pressed against<br />the cool window pane,<br />I watch the orange glow<br />from the riot’s flames, radiate<br />on the Chicago’s horizon</em>.</blockquote><br />when would blackness envelop<br />my caramel-colored skin?Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-35766987612697021272009-07-07T08:47:00.000-07:002009-07-07T10:55:09.624-07:00Michael Jackson 1958 - 2009 ~ R.I.P<center><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jHc%2Bab%2B6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg"/></center><br /><br /><br />Until now, I have kept quiet about the passing of Michael Jackson. However, today is his funeral and I would like to post the following quotation from James Baldwin to which my friends Reggie and Randall introduced me today:<br /><br /><em>"The Michael Jackson cacophony is fascinating in that it is not about Jackson at all. I hope he has the good sense to know it and the good fortune to snatch his life out of the jaws of a carnivorous success. He will not swiftly be forgiven for having turned so many tables, for he damn sure grabbed the brass ring, and the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo has nothing on Michael. </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>"All that noise is about America, as the dishonest custodian of black life and wealth; the blacks, especially males, in America; and the burning, buried American guilt; and sex and sexual roles and sexual panic; money, success and despair--to all of which may now be added the bitter need to find a head on which to place the crown of Miss America. </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>"Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated--in the main, abominably--because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires." </em><br /><em></em><br />--- James Baldwin from his 1985 essay, "There be Dragons," in <em>The Price of the Ticket</em>Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536748301255096310.post-80064211220691106132009-06-30T14:05:00.000-07:002009-06-30T14:56:58.272-07:00"Vibe Magazine Shutting Down"I looked through <em>Vibe</em> (NOTE: I did not say I was a reader of the magazine) several times during its 16 year run.<br /><br />The "death" of any magazine or journal takes my breath away. A vision has died. Words have been silenced. Ashe. Ashe<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><em>Vibe</em> magazine shutting down ~ Source: <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/06/30/vibe-magazine-shutting-down/">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/06/30/vibe-magazine-shutting-down/</a><br /><br />"<em>Vibe</em> magazine, the urban-music magazine founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones, is the latest victim of the media recession. Multiple sources both within and outside the magazine confirmed that it is shutting down. . . ."Demetrice Anntia Worleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04189999084988925753noreply@blogger.com0