Aimee Herman's Blog, page 6
September 16, 2019
Celebrate Radical Writers!
I have been called many things in life. Being called RADICAL is one I’d like to keep, and stitch inside my pocket. In celebration of Brooklyn Book Festival, I will be reading alongside phenomenal writers: Madeline Stevens, Hala Alyan, and S. Erin Batiste on Tuesday, September 17th. This event is presented by Franklin Park Reading Series, HIP Lit, Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon, and Big Words, Etc.
*I will be reading from my novel, Everything Grows (there will be copies for sale)
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Tuesday, September 17th: Radical Women Writers: Brooklyn Book Fest Bookend Event
@ Franklin Park Bar / 618 St. Johns Pl. in Brooklyn
8-10pm
September 14, 2019
Zines! Poetry! Music! Staten Island!
Share in the festivities at Staten Island’s zine fest on Sunday, September 15th
Hydrogen Junkbox will be performing new songs and some favorites too in celebration of this outdoor festival of poetry, small presses, comics, poetry, and an open mic!!!
[image error] Sunday, September 15th: SIZL 2019 Staten Island Zine Fest
@ MakerSpace / 450 Front St. in Staten Island
11am-4pm
Poetry, Open mic, Zines, Small Presses, Music!
Open Mic at 12pm hosted by Thomas Fucaloro followed with performances by:
Phoebe Blue
Hydrogen Junkbox
The Heartless Artichokes
Exhibitors:
Ava Quinn’s
Culturbia
Cut + Paste on Maker Park Radio
Delia Vassar Semanchik
Emily Perina
Erin Violet Taylor
Flawless Hacks
Hyperlink Press
Industrial Workers of the World – General Headquarters
Izzy Kings
Jen Gallo
Jessie & Elle Zines
Julie Romero
Moody Marinaro
NYSAI Press
Old Town Press
Peter Jurado
Reflective Zines
Romeround Photography
SB Kosinski Studio
Wil Wynn’s Chimbarazu Press
Zineralia
Zoë Tirado
Coffee, tea, and snacks by Duzer’s Local Cafe + Market 
August 19, 2019
World of Words…
Thank you to KayCee from World of Words Double the Books Magazine for reviewing my novel, Everything Grows, and for asking such great questions!!!
Check out the interview and review HERE
Find more about this great resource for readers: @doublethebooksmagazine for Instagram and @DoubletheBooks on Twitter.
August 18, 2019
Some Art Waves….
August 6, 2019
How to go outside. Or. How to stay in without apology.
I am trying to step outside. It takes me several hours to complete my morning routine of coffee, brushing of teeth, semblance of breakfast, email catch-up, (sometimes) meditation. I get dressed. My front door is approachable with postcards and art, slices of poetry. My front door tells me all I need to do is twist knob and walk three steps.
I search for just the right quote to [insert here] which encapsulates through intellectually motivating and well-articulated words about what it is like to live with this, but the act of scrolling through hundreds of choices leaves me with even more anxiety. I give up.
Outside, summertime leaves bodies sweaty and salty. The sun bakes new freckles on skin. Tattoos glisten. Make-up melts. I spend hours planning what I might be capable of doing if only I could just do it. I can ride my bike, ukulele in the park, go to The Strand, read a book on the subway, bathe my feet in the Atlantic.
It sort of feels like hunger and indigestion and clots of blood trying to pound out morse code into my veins. It feels like every strand of hair is being pulled by tiny fingers belonging to strangers that do not have my consent. My flesh is on fire. My tongue has grown infected or inflamed or like that time I got it pierced and it swelled past my teeth.
Dear __________. Please accept my deepest apologies as I am unable to make it to your ___________, ______________, ____________ or _____________. Yes, I want to support your ______________ and your ________________. But walking outside feels like stepping off the ledge of a skyscraper. Yes, I still exist. Or maybe I don’t. What is existence?
I think I’ll just stay in today.
July 12, 2019
On the Radio
On the Radio…
Set your dials to Columbia University’s radio station WKCR FM 89.9 tonight from 9-10pm EST for Art Waves. I will be reading some poetry, talking about my new novel, “Everything Grows” and sharing words through the airwaves!
June 22, 2019
Dear Librarians,
Librarians are like superheroes because sometimes, you just need to mention a name and they know exactly the story they live inside. I deeply love my public library and the others which exist as a bridge to rent out millions of stories and billions of metaphors and secret passageways to internal answers.
Today, Saturday, June 22nd, I am excited to join Three Rooms Press at the ALA (American Library Association) Conference to sign copies of “Everything Grows” and meet my heroes.
The conference is located in Washington D.C. at Walter E. Washington Conference Center at 801 Mt Vernon Pl. NW
I will be at booth 2314 at the exhibit hall from 2-3pm.
June 18, 2019
Thank you to School Library Journal!
https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=26-l...
June 17, 2019
Upcoming Readings in NYC and beyond
Friday, June 21st from 7:30-8:30pm, I will be reading new poems at The Renegade Reading Series at Cafe Con Libros on 99 Rogers St in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Also featuring Ariel Ligowski, Jesse Rice-Evans, and Wren Hanks.
Saturday, June 22nd from 2-3pm in Washington, D.C., I will be signing copies of "Everything Grows" at the ALA (American Library Association) Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the Exhibit Hall booth 2314 with Three Rooms Press.
