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Weekly Quotes Celebrating 25th Anniversary of Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands
Aunt Lute celebrates the 25th anniversary of Gloria Anzaldúa‘s Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza with weekly quotes about the enduring importance and beauty of this groundbreaking work. An influence work in women’s and Chicana/Latina studies—and in the lives of everyday people—Borderlands not only expressed Gloria’s perspectives as a queer mestiza, but offered a new, hybrid way of speaking and understanding for all outsiders.
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Nancy Agabian and Emma Pérez Reading at the AWP Conference in Chicago
February 1, 2012 • Aunt Lute authors Nancy Agabian and Emma Pérez will be reading at the AWP creative writers conference as part of “Ancestors; A Queer Writers of Color Reading.” As described by the organizers, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán and Tony Valenzuela, “”Ancestors: A Queer Writers of Color Reading” is a literary reading featuring same-gender-loving, multiple-gender-loving, and transgender poets, non/fiction writers, filmmakers, and performance artists of Indigenous Pacific, Native North American, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian, Latina/o, and African descent.” Read more »
Seeking Marketing Intern for Part-Time, Stipended Position in San Francisco
January 24, 2012 • Aunt Lute is currently seeking a marketing intern for a part-time, stipended position in San Francisco. You’ll find the details below, and on our internships page. Please help spread the word to those in the Bay Area who may be interested. Read more »
Judy Grahn in The New York Times: First Writers to Use Word Processors
January 17, 2012 • Judy Grahn is among the writers discussed in a recent New York Times article about Matthew Kirschenbaum’s forthcoming literary history of word processing. Judy’s experience with her old Exxon PC was “the most moving testimonial,” for Mr. Kirschenbaum. Grahn explained to him how the computer saved her up to a year while she was writing Another Mother Tongue, a cultural history of gay life published in the early years of the AIDS epidemic. Read more »
LeAnne Howe’s Poetry Published in Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas
January 10, 2012 • LeAnne Howe’s poetry was recently published in Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas, a multilingual anthology of indigenous American poetry edited by professor and poet Allison Hedge Coke to serve as a lasting reference for native voices and a link between South American and North American poets. Read more »
Save the Date! Intergenerational Event with Judy Grahn April 26th
Aunt Lute Books is delighted to announce the April 26th event “Struggle Then and Now: Intergenerational Voices on the Bay Area Lesbian Movement,” at La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley). The event will feature readings and a roundtable with Judy Grahn and other community panelists. Read more »
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