Friday, November 6, 2009

Order Shaping Memories: Reflections of African American Women Writers from http://www.upress.state.ms.us/
Event sponsored by JMU Furious Flower Poetry Center
Book published by University Press of Mississippi http://www.upress.state.ms.us/
Dip into your creative well to read, write, and perform your poetry at the Furious Flower Poetry Center's Children's Poetry Camp. You will hear and read poems by poets from different cultures, write your own poetry, and have a chance to perform your poetry. You can put your poetry to music; you can slam it, jam it, sing it, paint it or act it. You don't need to know a thing about poetry - all you need to know is how to have fun!

Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy is about devastation and mourning, about the failure of humanity to act humanely, about the politics of poverty and race, but it is also about hope and healing. The poets give voice to the rainbow that comes after the storm and the revival of spirit that comes out of the depths of tested faith. All of them share a willingness to see beyond their sorrow to reinvent the spirit of "Laissez les bon temps rouler!" Though human suffering shaped the beginning of this project, the result of it is a morning of hope and inspiration.
