PERFORMANCES
2007
The 13th Annual University of Kentucky Black Women’s Conference
Tribute poem to keynote speaker Angela Davis
2006
The Kentucky Women Writers Conference
Young Women Writers Reading, Host
2006-2005
Bookclub@KET
Television book critic
Books Reviews (program available KET website links with RealPlayer® plug-in):
Bearskin to Holly Fork: Stories from Appalachia by Bob Sloan
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
"MY ANCESTOR ANTENNA," Black hair and its relation to African-American identity across the diaspora
University of Kentucky 2005 Breathitt Lectureship in the Humanities
Guest Lectureship, Lafayette Senior and Jefferson County High Schools
2005
The Kentucky Women Writers Conference
Sex in the Country: A Tribute to Candace Bushnell, The Aphrodisiac Dinner
Poetry and Music
Governor’s School for the Arts
The Affrilachian Poets Anniversary Reading
2004
Kentucky Educational Television’s (KET) Mixed Media: Jazzworks Edition,
Poetry and music
InKY Reading Series
Bean Street Cafe, Indiana
LImestone; the Kentucky Edition, Reading at the Singletary Center for the Arts
2003-2002
KET’s Mixed Media: Alternate ROOTS in the Bluegrass
Poetry performance
Karma in the Cafe, Good Foods Co-op
Poetry with James Baker Hall
“First Friday” reading series, Poor Richard’s Bookstore
Poetry with Frederick Smock
Poetry with Ed McClanahan
Wind Magazine Anniversary Reading, Black Swan Bookstore
WUKY’s “Curtains @ 8” Radio Show
Poetry and Literary criticism with James Baker Hall
Poetry and Literary criticism with James Baker Hall and Rebecca Howell
2001-2000
Kentucky Women Writers Conference
“Pop Rock Princess” Dual Performance piece
Fayette County School District
“Pop Rock Princess” tour of Kentucky high schools
(SOUP) Society of Underground Poets
“25 Voices for a New Kentucky”
KET’s In Performance at the Governor’s Mansion: “The Poetry of Jazz/The Jazz of Poetry”
Poetry performance
PUBLICATIONS/PROJECTS
The Carnegie Center Oral History Project: Young Women Writers, Police Action League, Bluegrass Community Teen Center, LexFusion Community Empowerment Project
Recordings, 2007-2005
Sample Recording: Palavi Podapati and Gauri Iyengar
“Write to Be Seen: The art of publication and development of creative voice”
Teaching Grant Recipient, 2005
“Architecture is Frozen Music: Writing, design, performance”
Teaching Grant Recipient, 2005
"MY ANCESTOR ANTENNA," Black hair and its relation to African-American identity across the diaspora
University of Kentucky 2005 Breathitt Lectureship in the Humanities
"How My Family Dealt With My Anorexia"
Limestone, 2004
"Yovo Pieds (White Feet)"
Museum Of African Descent, I’ve Known Rivers: The MOAD Story Project , 2005
Limestone, 2002
“The Lion: A Study of Jehovah’s Witness Memoirs and Nazi Persecution”
Gaines Fellowship for the Humanities Undergraduate Thesis, 2003
"Harmless"
Wind Magazine No. 88, 2002
JAR Best, Poetry Submission 2001
COMPILATIONS (Chapbooks)
Under, 2005
Drown, 2003
My Favorite Color is Brown, 2002
POETRY SELECTIONS
AND SHE KEPT ALL THESE THINGS IN HER HEART
AUDIO SELECTIONS
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