Voices of the Fat Poets’ Society – our first interview!

Five women contributed poetry about our experience of life as fat women to this amazing book, and I am very proud to say that I am one of them. On Wednesday, May 13th we will be featured on a teleconference hosted by Peggy Elam, Ph.D, of Pearlsong Press.

Here is how you can listen and participate in the Pearlsong Conversation beginning TODAY at Noon Eastern / 11:00 a.m. Central

Dial: 712-775-7000
Access Code: 555092# It’s important to use the pound sign after the access code!

I would also recommend Peggy’s online radio show, Health at Every Size, that takes place Mondays from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Central Time for weekly conversations about HAES, with great music and fun conversation. The show is on WRFN 98.9 lpfm in Pasquo, TN and can be heard via live streaming audio at Radio Free Nashville.

Update: There will be an audio link to the teleconference and as soon as it is available I will post a link. Thank you to everyone who called in and asked questions. Thank you for your compliments. Most of all I am so glad that you are enjoying our fat liberation poetry.

The Fat Poets’ Society book is here! Officially published today!

“Fat Poets Speak: Voices of the Fat Poets’ Society” is now available at Amazon, Powells, Barnes & Noble and I’ve been ego-searching myself on every search engine all freaking morning!

I can not even begin to tell you how absolutely thrilling this is and to see my name on the cover of a published book is beyond the beyond. I have had the enormous privilege of working with very talented women to bring this together. Frannie Zellman – who led the poetry writing workshop at the NAAFA convention where we all met, Kathy Barron, Anne S. Kaplan, Leleigh Owen (L.A. Chapter President of NAAFA), and a special warm thank you to Mary Ray Worley who inspired it all.

I also want to thank Peggy Elam, Ph.D., the President & Publisher of Pearlsong Press for her commitment to this project.

Today is International No Diet Day. How fitting that our book is published today? A day to relax about your shape, a day to love the skin you’re in. The same week as “Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body,” the new book from Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby.

I have (quite thoughtfully) provided links to both books in the far right column. See? Over there >>>>> Yes, that’s it. So celebrate you body electric, celebrate Mother’s Day, celebrate your birthday — and have I mentioned that my book is published?

You can read our first author interviews on the new website More of Me to Love.

And the poetry? Well I can leave you with our first review, from author and illustrator of “More to Love” (unrelated to the More of Me to Love website) Elizabeth Patch:

Thank you for conducting this in-depth and insightful interview! I recently read “Fat Poet’s Speak” and found it to express the full range of emotions: longing and loneliness, anger and hurt, pride and attitude, sensuality and sexuality. It’s interesting to read a bit more about the influences and motivations of the Fat Poets, as well as their dreams and hopes for the future of size acceptance. Art can be an incredibly powerful force for change! It acts in a different, more emotional and intuitive way than just facts & figures, and it lingers in the mind longer. I hope that the art form of poetry helps spread the transformational ideas that every one of these women embrace.

Please visit this link to listen to a recent Pearlsong Press – Haes podcast. Peggy reads some of our poems!

Oh and have I mentioned that my book is out?!