Cedric Tillman's Blog - Posts Tagged "awp"
2016 AWP: VONA/Willow Books reading, The Falls Lounge, 7 PM - 9 PM
April 2, 2016
The Falls Lounge
626 S Spring St, Los Angeles, California 90014
"To live & die in LA/It's the place to be/you got to be there to know it/everybody wanna see..." - Tupac
AWP gives me an excuse to go to LA for the first time in life. I'll be reading w/ my Willow Books/ VONA brethren/sisteren (sp.) Here's the lineup- come check us out.
Faculty Authors from VONA-Voices:
Elmaz Abinader
Faith Adiele
Tananarive Due
M. Evelina Galang
David Mura
Daniel José Older
Willie Perdomo
Diem Jones, Hosts
Willow Books Authors:
Yesenia Montilla
Cedric Tillman
Cole Lavalais
Mahogany Browne
Rachelle Escamilla
Reginald Flood
Randall Horton
About Willow Books:
Welcome to Willow Books, the literary imprint of Aquarius Press. The mission of Willow Books is to develop, publish and promote writers typically underrepresented in the literary field. An independent press with a woman of color at its helm, Aquarius Press/Willow Books is recognized as an industry leader for its commitment to artistic development. In addition to publishing, Willow provides a national platform for its authors to engage with the public through readings, workshops, conferences, competitions, and streaming broadcasts across the country. Several of Willow’s authors have earned fellowships, post-graduate degrees and faculty tenure due in large part to being published by the press. Key partnerships have been formed with many institutions of higher learning and organizations such as PEN/Faulkner, Busboys & Poets/Teaching for Change, and Cave Canem. Your continued support of our authors enables us to honor our mission. http://willowlit.net/
About VONA:
We are Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation (VONA), a nonprofit literary organization providing writing workshops for writers of color. VONA was founded by Elmaz Abinader, Junot Díaz, Victor Díaz, and Diem Jones in 1999 and remains the only multi-genre workshop for writers of color in the nation. VONA has provided over 2,000 developing writers of color from all over the world a place where they can explore their craft, exchange ideas and build a writing community.
VONA continues to receive a record number of workshop applications and is dedicated to sustaining and enlivening generations of color by building a resilient and thriving organization. Your contributions to VONA will help us continue to nurture the unheard, often marginalized voices of writers of color and promote accessible arts education and enhance literacy for communities of color.
http://www.voicesatvona.org/
The Falls Lounge
626 S Spring St, Los Angeles, California 90014
"To live & die in LA/It's the place to be/you got to be there to know it/everybody wanna see..." - Tupac
AWP gives me an excuse to go to LA for the first time in life. I'll be reading w/ my Willow Books/ VONA brethren/sisteren (sp.) Here's the lineup- come check us out.
Faculty Authors from VONA-Voices:
Elmaz Abinader
Faith Adiele
Tananarive Due
M. Evelina Galang
David Mura
Daniel José Older
Willie Perdomo
Diem Jones, Hosts
Willow Books Authors:
Yesenia Montilla
Cedric Tillman
Cole Lavalais
Mahogany Browne
Rachelle Escamilla
Reginald Flood
Randall Horton
About Willow Books:
Welcome to Willow Books, the literary imprint of Aquarius Press. The mission of Willow Books is to develop, publish and promote writers typically underrepresented in the literary field. An independent press with a woman of color at its helm, Aquarius Press/Willow Books is recognized as an industry leader for its commitment to artistic development. In addition to publishing, Willow provides a national platform for its authors to engage with the public through readings, workshops, conferences, competitions, and streaming broadcasts across the country. Several of Willow’s authors have earned fellowships, post-graduate degrees and faculty tenure due in large part to being published by the press. Key partnerships have been formed with many institutions of higher learning and organizations such as PEN/Faulkner, Busboys & Poets/Teaching for Change, and Cave Canem. Your continued support of our authors enables us to honor our mission. http://willowlit.net/
About VONA:
We are Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation (VONA), a nonprofit literary organization providing writing workshops for writers of color. VONA was founded by Elmaz Abinader, Junot Díaz, Victor Díaz, and Diem Jones in 1999 and remains the only multi-genre workshop for writers of color in the nation. VONA has provided over 2,000 developing writers of color from all over the world a place where they can explore their craft, exchange ideas and build a writing community.
VONA continues to receive a record number of workshop applications and is dedicated to sustaining and enlivening generations of color by building a resilient and thriving organization. Your contributions to VONA will help us continue to nurture the unheard, often marginalized voices of writers of color and promote accessible arts education and enhance literacy for communities of color.
http://www.voicesatvona.org/
New poem up at The Manhattanville Review: "Respectability"
Happy to report that the folks at The Manhattanville Review have published a poem of mine entitled "Respectability." Have a look!
http://www.themvillereview.com/respec...
http://www.themvillereview.com/respec...
May 25th, Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Open Mic featuring Kevin Dublin
Thanks to Kevin Dublin for reaching out to me to participate in the open mic ahead of his feature at MoAD San Francisco. Kevin and I met back in 2010 at a Cave Canem South retreat, and have kept in touch via social media and a couple of random meetings at conferences like AWP since then. It was quite a surprise and extremely considerate of him.
I was pleased to read with my fellow open micers, including James Cagney, who I had the opportunity to meet and read with through the Cave Canem Foundation at the New School in NYC back in 2020 (literally three weeks or so before the pandemic kicked into high gear...) The evening's lineup follows.
James Cagney
Adrienne Danyelle Oliver
Stephany Welch
MK Chavez
Agua Bracho
Cedric Tillman
Yeva Johnson
Feature: Kevin Dublin
Norm Mattox
A.A. Vincent
Dior Stephens
Raymond Nat Turner
Jermaine Hughes
Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart
Tureeda Mikell
I was pleased to read with my fellow open micers, including James Cagney, who I had the opportunity to meet and read with through the Cave Canem Foundation at the New School in NYC back in 2020 (literally three weeks or so before the pandemic kicked into high gear...) The evening's lineup follows.
James Cagney
Adrienne Danyelle Oliver
Stephany Welch
MK Chavez
Agua Bracho
Cedric Tillman
Yeva Johnson
Feature: Kevin Dublin
Norm Mattox
A.A. Vincent
Dior Stephens
Raymond Nat Turner
Jermaine Hughes
Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart
Tureeda Mikell
AWP '24, Kansas City (Feb. 7-10)
Late as usual...great getting out to KC for some fellowship with old friends, the inevitability of making new ones, and some Gates BBQ. The conference was punctuated by a powerful keynote speech by Jericho Brown. As much as I can't afford these things, I never regret going. And just when I'm hoping they don't go somewhere I really want to show up...it swings back to LA for '25.
