Renascence LIVE! at 11:00 am and 7:00 pm EST
Click here for Adrienne’s FB event at 11:00 am and here for Kaili’s at 7:00 pm (don’t forget to RSVP to both)!
It’s official! Here is the cover of Yellow Arrow Journal’s issue on RENASCENCE (Vol. VI, No. 1)!
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/yellow-arrow-journal-renascence-prerelease
“Nature Springs From Her” by Kalichi Lamar, pyrography on a wood panel, was inspired by the ceiba tree, the national tree of Borikén (Puerto Rico). It is also the sacred tree of her people, the indigenous Taínos. Rather than say more here, we’ll let Kalichi, Taína, and some of our authors explore the significance of “Nature Springs From Her” and RENASCENCE through a series on Facebook Live.
Today’s contributors are Adrienne Christian (11:00 am EST) and Kaili Y. Turner (7:00 pm EST).
Adrienne Christian is an author and educator. Her work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Hayden’s Ferry Review, CALYX, phoebe, The Los Angeles Review as The Editor’s Choice, and elsewhere. She is the author of three poetry collections: Worn (2021), A Proper Lover (2017), and 12023 Woodmont Avenue (2013). She earned her BA from the University of Michigan, her MFA from Pacific University, and her PhD from the University of Nebraska.
Kaili Y. Turner is a Black Indian (Nipmuc), comedian, actress, writer, producer, and puppeteer whom received her MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School. Kaili’s pilot “Fk’d Up & Fabulous” is streaming on the Tenoir TV app, and her play “Indian Country” was a semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neill playwrights conference. She’s also the creator of Rock the Bells Comedy, a variety show that is a platform for BIPOC comics and musicians. She was a participant of the Walt Disney/ABC Pilot Prep Program for Native Americans, and a recipient of the SNL/Second City Scholarship.
Taína is a Baltimore-based Higuaygua Taíno writer, on a mission to write the Taíno culture into existence the same way the colonizers have attempted to erase it: one word, one Taíno at a time. Her essay “Killing Ty” appeared in Yellow Arrow Journal Vol. V, No. 1 RESILIENCE and was nominated for a 2021 Pushcart Prize. Find out more at TainaWrites.com and connect with her on Instagram @tainaconcurls or on Facebook @TainaWrites.
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