The project also became a book edited by John Bloomberg-Rissman: 1,000 Views of Girl Singing (Leafe Press, U.K. and Claremont, CA, 2009).
Friday, May 20, 2011
GIRL SINGING ... ABOUT THE SECRET LIFE OF AN ANGEL
1000 VIEWS OF GIRL SINGING presents poets around the world engaging with Eileen Tabios' poem "The Secret Life of an Angel" (which, in turn, had been inspired by a poem by Jose Garcia Villa).
The project also became a book edited by John Bloomberg-Rissman: 1,000 Views of Girl Singing (Leafe Press, U.K. and Claremont, CA, 2009).
The project also became a book edited by John Bloomberg-Rissman: 1,000 Views of Girl Singing (Leafe Press, U.K. and Claremont, CA, 2009).
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
VISUALIZING REPRODUCTIONS OF THE EMPTY FLAGPOLE
Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole is Eileen Tabios' first U.S.-published book, and the bestseller to date among all her books. It sold out its first printing within six months, in part because of its popularity as an assigned college text. One of its courses was taught by Leny Strobel at Sonoma State University. During the class, students responded to the poems and one of the respondents was a very talented artist. Here are some of the dozen paintings she made as she engaged with the poems (many of which would later be reprinted in THE THORN ROSARY).
Monday, May 16, 2011
HAY(NAKU AND JEWELRY!
Cynthia at POEMFLESH2 responds to Eileen Tabios' THE THORN ROSARY with a chained hay(na)ku--click on excerpt below for whole poem:
Cynthia is a multi-genre artist who also created jewelry in response to some of Eileen's poems. Here are pics--the first on the kitchen island, next to photos of Eileen's beloved cats Artemis and Scarlet:
The second photo is of Eileen wearing the jewelry as she picks up a bronze figurine that once resided with brilliant poet kari edwards:
Cynthia explains some of the conceptual underpinnings to the bracelets--
shelterless
the mind
refuses to fade
Cynthia is a multi-genre artist who also created jewelry in response to some of Eileen's poems. Here are pics--the first on the kitchen island, next to photos of Eileen's beloved cats Artemis and Scarlet:
The second photo is of Eileen wearing the jewelry as she picks up a bronze figurine that once resided with brilliant poet kari edwards:
Cynthia explains some of the conceptual underpinnings to the bracelets--
1) Haiti--red: blood. Green for rebirth and renewal
2) "I consider the woman's choice in liberating / a red dress with pale green sandals" (a line from a poem in Beyond Life Sentences / later in THE THORN ROSARY)
Sunday, May 15, 2011
'BEFORE ATTENTION TURNED TO YOU"
Jean Vengua reads "Before Attention Turned to You" from The Blind Chatelaine's Keys). Love the postscript presence of Jean's Gracie the Gracious Pitbull towards the end...
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
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