March 6th, 2009 :: General
PLAYWRITES, THIS COULD BE YOUR MOMENT!
Brought to you by the Manhattan Theater Club and Dentyne, this National contest will award one playwrite $7,500, and a trip to New York to see their work performed by professional actors in front of a live New York audience. The contest also includes a category for undergraduate students attending Stanford University, UCLA, Northwestern University, and Hunter College of the City University of New York. For deadlines, rules, and guidelines, please go to www.dentyne.com/realationships/.
February 4th, 2009 :: General
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For the first time, the dynamic women of AROHO will offer their experience and knowledge at AWP's 2009 Conference, posing the question, "Grant funding is out there, but how do you find it? And then, how do you shape your application into something that will stand out from the crowd?" Two $50,000 "Gift of Freedom" award winners, a contest judge, and one of the award's conceptual founders will discuss their own process and offer strategies for creating your own award-winning grant package.
Stay tuned for our illustrious panelists' insights and reactions to the panel on AROHO's Blog!
October 7th, 2008 :: Women Who Love Us!
Women Who Love Us
A Room of Her Own Foundation is excited to announce our partnership with Hasandra Heyward. She will donate $5 per book for the first 50 books purchased through her website Poetry with Purpose. Hasandra has partnered with AROHO because she believes in the vision of our foundation and as a woman writer would like to support and bring opportunity to other women writers.
My Soul's Symphony
by Hasandra R. Heyward
"Poetry that frees the spirit, calms the emotions, and heals the heart."
"My poetry explores universal themes of forgiveness, love, friendship, the awakening of awe,
and the courage to live life authentically. The reader is invited to contemplate each piece
and its relevance of their lives."
Heyward is dedicated to giving back to the community through her writing. Her website Poetry with Purpose reveals the importance of using your work as a tool to helping those around you. Each of her writing projects is connected to a greater cause
Visit her website at http://www.poetrywithpurpose.com/home for more information about Hasandra and to purchase her book.
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Announcing Hasandra Heyward's Book Signing and Website!
Dear friends and family,
I'm excited to announce my book signing and website (www.poetrywithpurpose.com).
I hope to attract lots of visitors (and prospective customers), so I
invite you to visit my site now to learn more about what I am doing
with my gift of writing. Currently, I have over 500 visitors a month
from places as far as Tokyo.
What: Hasandra's Book Signing
Where: Barnes and Noble, Cumberland Location
Time: 2pm to 5pm
If you are unable to come to the signing you can call Barnes and Noble
and place an order for a book or go to my website and email me and I
will sign a copy and mail to you. I hope to see you soon! Email me and
let me know you visited the site.
Best regards,
Hasandra Heyward
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September 1st, 2008 :: BOOKS!
AROHO recommendations...
Breena Clarke's Newest Book...STAND THE STORM
"I loved this book. I loved these people: The Coats family of Stand the Storm
are quasi-free Negroes living in Georgetown just before, during and
after the Civil War. Breena Clarke has written another stirring work of
historical fiction that weaves the passionate, dramatic and uplifting
story of the African American aspiration for true freedom into the
great American tapestry. - Gail Buckley, Washington Post
Read what Breena has to say about her new book!
"During my research time for STAND THE STORM - time spent "seasoning up" my imagination to create a fictional account of Civil War period, in Washington, D.C., I collected archival newspapers. Because of their
high rag content, many of the papers are in good shape and are
readable. I bring them out occasionally and look at news articles,
advertisements, and examine the paper - smelling and touching. One
paper in my collection of Frank Leslie's ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY is
dated Saturday, June 27, 1857 and reports a visit to Dred Scott and his
wife and daughters at their home. I feel a stir while looking into the
Scott family’s faces though the story that accompanies the pictures is
demeaning and racist. They are human dignity personified and their
grace, their physical and intellectual stature are clear and
unmistakable. The portraits fly in the face of the pernicious decision
that is associated with Dred Scott’s name. On the cover of the December
28, 1861 issue of FRANK LESLIE'S, the trademark woodcut is of three
Black women imprisoned in the female department of the Washington jail.
The image is compelling and provocative of ideas."
"Those
who know me from past AROHO retreats know that I love inquiry into the
provenance of ordinary objects, work tools, photos and jewelry. I see
this method of observing and questioning as a valuable way of
understanding the lives of people who are left out of the literary
mainstream. After reading about a particular quilting method that
employs a simple, tacking system that nevertheless has roots in African
tradition, I saw a very mundane quilt in my favorite thrift store with
that same knotting pattern. My heart jumped up and I paid a couple of
dollars for it. I've got this quilt as an accent element in my home and
am reminded daily that an unknown woman made a very ordinary quilt that
continues in a long African and American textile tradition. "
Visit Breena's website to buy STAND THE STORM and her first book River, Cross My Heart.
Praise for Breena's first book, River, Cross My Heart:
“After her Oprah-pick debut (River, Cross My Heart,
1999), an African-American novelist delivers a compassionate portrait
of the terrors and hopes of slaves. With its slightly clipped period
language, coolly measured tone and rich supply of telling detail,
Breena Clarke’s second novel delves into a compelling social panorama
of black servitude in Washington, D.C., as the Civil War begins. The
story winds through the war (with Gabriel Coats fighting alongside the
colored troops) to reach a sober conclusion that nevertheless heralds
change. Clarke’s sensitivity and her lyrical, earthy narration bring a
freshness to the somber subject matter.” -Kirkus
“Breena
Clarke returns with a bittersweet slavery-era saga, partially set—like
her smash 1999 Oprah-pick, River, Cross My Heart—in Washington, D.C.'s
Georgetown. Clarke gets the details—emotional, political, domestic,
religious—right across the board and crafts complex and appealing
characters. Her knowledge of the period and the novel's dense,
deliberate narrative create a poignant story about the intricacies of
human bondage and its dissolution, built around a family's unshakable
faith in one another. -Publishers Weekly
July 18th, 2008 :: Guest Blogger
Guest Bloggers!
We would like to Welcome the AROHO community to a new series of guest bloggers on our website. We have asked women in the AROHO community to give insight into their lives as writers.
Please help us Welcome the guest bloggers by commenting! Our first guest blogger is Kate Gale. She is the Managing Editor of Red Hen Press, the Editor of the Los Angeles Review, and the President of the American Composers Forum Los Angeles. She served as the 2005-2006 President of PEN USA and serves on the Board of A Room of Her Own Foundation.
When I had children, I still found time to be a mother and to write. With struggle. With hard work. I even exercised then... Even dreamed.We started Red Hen Press in 1994. We publish twenty titles a year, run three reading series in Los Angeles, three in New York, publish a literary journal, give awards, build literary community. All this at the expense of our own family, lives, relationships. And of course at the expense of the writing. Is it worth it? Of course not. Writing is worth something. Children,love, being alive. Running a press? Building literary community? It's good... but it isn't everything. Because you have to go it alone or with one person helping. Because everyone wants something from you. Because creative work is like entering a river. And building a press is like entering a desert and trying to build a fountain there. It is a lonely business.So why did I do it? I am on the boards of writing organizations, the Managing Editor of Red Hen Press---instead of spending that time writing.I wish I could say that it is all good, that I am glad I do it. But that is not quite true. I wish I could just run the press and write. But as Dana Gioia loves to say, my family didn't give me the inheritance I so richly deserved. I have to teach and there isn't enough of me to live this many lives. So I haven't really answered your question. I wish I could write, run the press, teach and have a family life, a love life, but I haven't been able to figure how to do it all... I wish. When the press receives an endowment...Here's hoping.
-Kate Gale
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