OMG They’re Here! Advance Copies of The Fat Poets’ Society First Volume of Poetry

I have just received a few advance copies of Fat Poets Speak: Voices of the Fat Poets’ Society. How freaking cool is that?! I have two poems in this edition, which will be available on May 6, 2009.

The book is the result of a poetry workshop that was offered at the 2006 NAAFA convention. It was a wonderful experience for me personally as a writer, because I primarily write prose fiction. That poetry workshop had a tremendous impact on my creative writing and the writing that I do for this blog. A few of us from that workshop started a private online group where we could share our writing in a safe space. We laughed, we cried, we fought and we kept writing and we kept coming back. And now, three years later, I am holding a physical book in my hands. I am beyond happy. This is absolutely thrilling.

I am proud and honored to be published among such talented, boisterous, and outrageous women writers. This month I will be interviewing my co-authors, and our poetry coach and editor, Frannie Zellman, who recently published her novel, Fatland, as well as our magnificent publisher, Dr. Peggy Elam of Pearlsong Press. I will be post a link for Amazon pre-order soon but until then, you can get a sneak peek if you come to my vending table tomorrow.

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’ll be at the Fat Girl Flea Market tomorrow, April 4, 2009 from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m and maybe longer. Hey, who wants margaritas?

The flea market is held in the LGBT Community Center at 208 West 13th Street in Manhattan. Located between 7th + 8th Avenues in Greenwich Village.

You can reach the Center easily by subway: on the IRT Broadway/Seventh Avenue line, take the IRT 1, 2, 3 or 9 (the red line) to 14th Street at Seventh Avenue; or on the IND line, take the A, C or E (the blue line) to 14th Street at Eighth Avenue.

I will be there from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. as a personal shopper and I am really looking forward to working with any and all to put together outfits and find the perfect size. My husband will be joining me at a vending table with some of the items that I sell at various events. I have beautiful large-size, hand sewn beaded shawls, gorgeous costume jewelry, truly lovely fairy figurines, and I am giving away lots of This Lush Life t-shirts in anticipation of the extremely exciting massive redesign and site re-launch coming very very soon.

If I don’t see you tomorrow, have a great weekend!