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About me

Gender Female
Location United States
Introduction I am a poet and educator and the author of 2 books of poetry: Upside Down Tapestry Mosaic History (Broadside Press) and Urban Junkstar (Past Tents Press).
Interests I enjoy laughing, reading, writing, cooking, conversing with children, dancing, and daydreaming.
Favorite Movies "Baghdad Cafe", "The Associate", "Daughters of the Dust", "Crooklyn", "To Wong Foo", "Life", "Antwone Fisher", "The Great Debaters", "Bamboozled", "Where God Left His Shoes", "Girls Town", "Before Sunset", "Soul Kitchen", "Pariah", "Beasts of the Southern Wild", and "Mother of George".
Favorite Music World Music! Regina Carter, Carmen Lundy, Robert Glasper....
Favorite Books Sula by Toni Morrison; One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; The Collected Poetry of Aime Cesaire; The Measure of Our Success by Marian Wright Edelman; The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano; The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson; The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot;