"And when the flames touched her throat, there was no color for her keening...."
Please join Karen Kovacik*, Michele Spring-Moore*, Andrew Davis, and other poets and musicians for an afternoon of poetry & music for peace. Free & open to the public. Refreshments provided.
Date: Sunday, January 27 Time: 2-6 PM Location: CWA Local 4501 Union Hall 27 Euclid Ave., Columbus, OH (The union hall is a beautifully restored building -- formerly Engine House No. 7 -- which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Euclid Ave. is between King Ave. and E. 8th Ave. 27 Euclid Ave. is a little to the East of High St. See the map that highlights Euclid Ave. at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/CWA.gif>.)
* Karen Kovacik currently teaches creative writing and literature in the Department of English at Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis. She is the author of _Beyond the Velvet Curtain_ (Kent State University Press, 1999, <http://www.bookmasters.com/ksu-press/ksu051.htm>), winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, and _Nixon and I_ (Kent State University Press, 1998, <http://www.bookmasters.com/ksu-press/ksu014.htm>). Her essay "Words of Fire for Our Generation: Contemporary Working-Class Poets on the Triangle Fire" appeared in _Women's Studies Quarterly_ (Spring/Summer 1998). Her essay "Between L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E and Lyric: The Poetry of Pink-Collar Resistance" was published by _NWSA Journal_ (Spring 2001). Her poem "Songs for a Belgrade Baker," the first-place winner of Glimmer Train's October 1999 poetry open, is available on-line at <http://store.yahoo.com/glimmertrain/bsonforbelba.html>.
* Michele Spring-Moore is a poet, journalist, and political activist from Rochester, New York. She's been active in the feminist, GLBT liberation, Latin American solidarity, and peace and justice movements since 1982. Her poetry and essays have been published in a number of anthologies and literary magazines, including _Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly_, _Telling Tales Out of School: Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals Revisit Their School Days_, and _Boomer Girls: Poems by Women from the Baby Boom Generation_. Her work reflects on her experiences in social movements, the coming-out process, anti-gay violence, and the experience and politics of work under capitalism, among other topics.
Sponsors: the Student International Forum and Social Welfare Action Alliance For more info, call 614-668-6554, 614-292-7181, or 614-252-9255; or e-mail <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> or <kilty.1 at osu.edu>.
You can download the flyer for poetry & music for peace on Sunday, Jan. 27 at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/flame.doc>. Please spread the word and fan the flame! -- Yoshie
* Calendar of Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>
