NewbooksbyVONAauthors
DonnaMiscolta’sHolaandGoodbye:UnaFamiliainStorieswasreleasedbyCarolinaWrenPress
http://carolinawrenpress.org/hola-and-goodbye
DonnawasalsointerviewedaboutthebookofstoriesbyfellowVONAalumXanathCarazaLaBloga!
http://labloga.blogspot.com/2016/10/interview-of-donna-miscolta.html
AlanKing’snewcollectionofpoems,PointBlank,waspublishedbySilverBirchPress
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0997797223/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1476831349&sr=82&keywords=point+blank+by+alan+king
YoucanfindanexcerptofLilliamRivera’supcomingyoungadultnovel,TheEducationofMargotSanchez
onRiveted
http://rivetedlit.com/2016/10/14/sneak-peek-the-education-of-margot-sanchez/
VanessaHuahaspublishedherfirstcollectionofshortstories,DeceitandOtherPossibilitiesbyWillow
Publishing
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0997199628/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk
TaraBetts’latestpoetrycollection,BreaktheHabitwasreleasedbyTrioHousePress
https://www.amazon.com/Break-Habit-TaraBetts/dp/0996586431/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477862555&sr=1-6
DukeUniversityPressrecentlypublishedSpill:ScenesofBlackFeministFugitivitybyAlexisPaulineGumbs.
Get30%offhere:https://blackfeministmind.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/spilling-spill-the-discount-code/
MichelleThompson’snewnovel,AWaytoEscape,isnowavailableonbookfusion
https://www.bookfusion.com/books/114874-a-way-to-escape
KenjiLiu,publishedhisdebutpoetrycollection,MapofanOnion,bytheInlandiaInstitute.Andhedidan
interviewonKPFK90.7aboutthislatestwork.
http://www.kenjiliu.com
Posada:OfferingsofRefugeandWitness,anewpoetrycollectionbyXochitl-JulisaBermejoisoutnow
throughSundressPublications.ThereleasepartyinSanJose,featuredafullnightofVONAwriters:Sara
Campos,JavierZamora,JosephRios,NormaLillianValdezandSuzyHuerta.
https://squareup.com/market/sundress-publications/1&keywords=posada+offerings+of+witness
IntheHeartofTexas,GingerMcKnightChavers’newnovel,isout,publishedbySheWrites
https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Texas-Novel-Ginger-McKnightChavers/dp/1631521594/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477949005&sr=8-1&keywords=heart+of+texas+ginger
LisaKo’sPENAwardwinningdebutnovel,TheLeavers,isavailableforpreorderonAmazon
https://www.amazon.com/Leavers-Novel-Lisa-Ko/dp/1616206888/163-5889928-6714601
StephanieHanannouncedthathernewstorycollection,SwimminginHongKong,whichincludesastory
sheworkshoppedatVONAin2001,isoutnowbyWillowSpringBooks
http://willowspringsbooks.org/product/pre-order-swimming-in-hong-kong-by-stephanie-han/
TwonewchapbooksbyVONAwritersareout:ClaudiaCastroLuna’sthiscitypublishedbyFloatingBridge
PressandLiYunAlvaradoWordsorWater
http://www.floatingbridgepress.org/product/this-city/
https://www.amazon.com/Words-Water-Li-Yun-Al…/…/ref=asap_bc…
https://finishinglinepress.com/product_info.php…
Theyoungreaders’editionofReynaGrande’smemoir,DistanceBetweenUs,isoutnowonAladdinbooks.
AndshehasanessayexploringwritingabouttheimmigrantexperienceontheChildrenBookCouncil’ssite.
http://reynagrande.com/books/#
http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/150733246278/why-i-write-about-the-immigrant-experience
AndTrailofLightning,thestoryRebeccaRoanhorseworkshoppedwithMarjorieLiu'spopfictionin2015,
wassoldtoSagaPress,Simon&Schuster'sSFFimprint.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210586105834641&set=gm.10154478157188363&type=3
&theater
Wearefillingupanthologies!
Irettepatterson’sshortstory"TrueCalling"isincludedintheFictionRiver:UnnaturalWorldsanthology
whichispartoftheEpicFantasyStoryBundle
http://storybundle.com/fantasy.
BaniAmor’sessayontravelingwhilenonbinarywillbepublishedinbklynboihood'santhologyOutsidethe
XY:QueerBlackandBrownMasculinity,PublishedbyRiverdaleAveBooks.Banialsospokeonthe“We
NeedDiverseBooks”panelatNYComicCon.
http://bklynboihood.bigcartel.com/product/outside-the-xy-queer-black-and-brown-masculinity
H’RinaDeTroy’spiece“Knot”,isincludedintheanthology,BorderlandsandCrossroads:Writingthe
Motherland,DemeterPress.
http://demeterpress.org/books/borderlands-and-crossroads-writing-the-motherland/
GoodGirlsMarryDoctors,publishedbyAuntLuteBooks,includestheworkoffourVONAscribes:
AyeshaMattu,nayomiMunaweera,NeelanjanaBanerjee,TanzilaAhmed,TaraDorabji.
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Girls-Marry-Doctors-Daughters/dp/1879960923
TheupcomingeditionofBestAmericanShortStoriesispracticallyaVONAreunion,withpiecesbyalums
YalitzaFerrerasandLisaKo,andeditedbyourco-founderJunotDiaz
https://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Short-Stories2016/dp/0544582896/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid&sr
PublishedPoems,ProseandPuppies.
(Nopuppies,sorry.Alliterativeexcess)
TheColumbiaJournalpublishedAngelicaLai’spiece,“AfterLife.”
http://columbiajournal.org/nonfiction-angelica-lai-life/
GessyAlvarez’sFlashpiece“Therapy”waspickedupbyapt
http://apt.aforementionedproductions.com/2016/08/therapy-by-gessy-alvarez/#.WBOtNjvtLzJ
JaiDulani’spiece“TheFighttoNotBe#Deported2Death”waspublishedontheOpenCitysite
http://opencitymag.com/the-fight-to-not-be-deported2death/
GuernicapublishedAlejandroGarcia’s,“JoseGarcia:VotefortheCumbia”
https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/jose-garcia-vote-for-the-cumbia/
Afterlastyear’sVONAMaryAnnThomasdrovetoDeadhorse,Alaskatoworkforthesummer.“Auguston
theHaulRoad”ishernarrativeofthatadventureandwaspublishedinWordRiot
http://www.wordriot.org/archives/9264
HyphenMagazinehaspublishedAmandaL.Andrei’spiece“TheyStrikeMyWingswithSticks."Hyphen’s
FictioneditorisVONAalum,KarissaChen
AHashtag,AMovement,AStateofMind”StacyParkerLeMelle’sreflectionson#BlackLivesMatterwas
featuredonTheOffing
OurnewcolumnwithTheRumpus,“Multitudes”,broughtreaders“WhatIsaHaunting?”byCelesteChan
andeditedbyMary-KimArnold.
http://therumpus.net/2016/10/multitudes-1-what-is-a-haunting/
Traveljournal,Panorama,publishedDeviSLaskar’spoem,“AnastasiaMaps”
LithubpickeduptwopiecesbyalumGabrielleBellot“WhyEveryAmericanShouldReadTheReluctant
Fundamentalist”and“WhoGetsToDecideWhatCountsAs‘English’?OnDecolonizingLanguage”
ArvinTemkar’sreflectionondepressionandBruceSpringsteen,“SufferinginTheDark,”waspublishedon
Quartz
http://qz.com/799980/bruce-springsteen-book-the-bosss-depression-revelation-is-heartening-but-peopleof-color-need-mental-health-heroes-too/
“HowLearningNewLanguagesHasShapedMyIdentity”byFranceFrançoisinwaspickedupbyThe
Establishment
http://www.theestablishment.co/2016/10/03/who-i-am-in-every-language/
KerryTrươngpublishedherfirststory(!),"NightMeal."
http://expandedhorizons.net/magazine/?page_id=3942
LeticiaDelToro’s“LastCallattheYetWah”isintheFall2016issueofHuizache!
http://huizachemag.org/current-issue/
DulceReyesBonilla’slatestnonfictionpiece,“FloresDeMayo”canbefoundonLaGaleria’ssite
http://www.lagaleriamag.com/flores-de-mayo/
Arcadepublished“DisplacementinNewOrleans”byMauriceCarlosRuffin
http://arcadenw.org/article/displacement-in-new-orleans
“ShadowofDeath”byJasmineWadeisinDrunkenBoat
http://www.drunkenboat.com/db23/speculative/jasmine-wade
Youcanread“AnOpenLettertoAfro-Latinxs:YouAreEnoughandIt’sOkaytoHaveQuestions”byAlan
PelaezLopezonthesiteEverydayfeminism
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/09/open-letter-to-afro-latinxs/
BernardHayman’spiece“TheDesiretoDrown,”aboutemotionallabor,masculinityandgrowingina
relationshipwaspublishedbyAbernathymagazine.
https://abernathymagazine.com/the-desire-to-drown/
"ArtAIDSAmerica,BronxStories&Ofrenda/Offering:TheMakingofaMassforKeithHaring&Angel,"
OrlandoFerrand’sessay,waspickedupbyVisualAIDS
https://www.visualaids.org/blog/detail/art-aids-america-bronx-stories-ofrenda-offering-the-making-of-amass-for-ke
LatinaMagazinewroteapieceaboutElisabetVelasquez’spoemforMaylinReynoso,a20-year-oldskater
whowasmurdered.Thepoem,ToTheBlackandBrownGirlsWhoGoMissingBeforeTheyGoMissing,was
includedinthepiece
http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/our-issues/latina-mom-writes-poem-maylin-reynoso
MonicaLewis’poem,“whatwelearnedaslittlegirls,”waspublishedinRust+Moth
http://rustandmoth.com/work/what-we-learned-as-little-girls/
OregonHumanitiespublishedJessicaYen’sessay,“SlowAscent”
http://oregonhumanities.org/magazine/edge-summer-2016/slow-ascent/1744/
GraceLohPrasad’sessay,“WhatDavidBowieTaughtMeAboutArt,DeathAndLettingGo”waspublishedin
TheManifestStation.Sheencouragesyoutocloselylistentothesong“SpaceOddity’beforegivingitaread
http://themanifeststation.net/2016/10/14/david-bowie-taught-art-death-letting-go/
YeseniaFloresDíaz’piece,“Accented,BrownandCulturallyAwareinTheWorkplace”,waspostedin
SeptemberonthegovloopsiteinhonorofHispanicHeritageMonth
https://www.govloop.com/community/blog/accented-brown-culturally-aware-workplace/
DiancaLondoninterviewedAtlasObscura'sEllaMortonforonlinemag,Lenny
http://www.lennyletter.com/culture/interviews/a566/the-ex-ax-and-other-curiosities/
TheworkoftwoVONAalumsfoundahomeatAutostraddle:SooNaPak’spoem“TwoWeeks”andVONA
newslettereditorandGailDottin’sessay,“OrlandoMadeMeLoveYou,Dammit!”aboutthePulse
shootings,wasafirstpersonfeature.GailwillhaveapieceinAutostraddle’supcominganthologyofLatina
lesbianwriting.
SooNaPakalsopublishedherpoem“FoodPantry”inTheNervousBreakdown.
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/snpak/2016/10/food-pantry/
VONAMothershavebeenkickingass!
MUTHAMagazinehaspublishedtwoofouralums:TaraDorabji’spiece,“SingleStartswithSin”andtwoby
JadeSanchez-Ventura—“MyBabyComesWithMe”aswellasherinterviewwithAllysonDowneyabout
progressingacareerthroughpregnancyandmotherhood.Plus,youcanalsofindthethirdthroughfifth
entriesofJanetStickmon’sepistolaryseries, ToBlackParentsVisitingEarth:”
http://muthamagazine.com/2016/10/single-starts-with-sin-by-tara-dorabji/
http://muthamagazine.com/2016/02/my-baby-comes-with-me-jade-sanchez-ventura-on-sharing-theburden/
http://muthamagazine.com/2016/09/sling-city-allyson-downey-tells-jade-sanchez-ventura-how-to-work-it/
http://muthamagazine.com/author/janet-stickmon/
WhileRaisingMothershasfeaturedtheworkoffourmoreVONAmoms:CassadraLane’slettertoAlton
Sterling'sson;AmandaL.Andrei’splay“TheWomanlyArtofBreast-Trying”;LindaGonzalez’“LoveFollows
Loss”andreprintedRyaneNicoleGranados’s"HereComestheSun:HowtheBeatlesHelpedMeAcceptI
Couldn'tBreastfeed"
http://www.raisingmothers.com/womanly-art-breast-trying/
http://www.raisingmothers.com/alton-sterling-son/
http://www.raisingmothers.com/legacy-love-follows-loss/
http://www.raisingmothers.com/here-comes-sun-beatles-helped-accept-couldnt-breastfeed/
FACULTY
StaceyannChinrecentlybrought,Motherstruck,herelectrifyingandhilariousonewomanshowabout
becomingamomtoDC.Beonthelookoutforfuturecities!
http://dctheatrescene.com/…/staceyann-chin-motherstruck-re…/
VONAdirectorandcofounderElmazAbinaderwasinterviewedforBarelySouthReview
https://barelysouthreview.com/interview-with-elmaz-abinader/
TananariveDue’scollection,GhostSummer,wonaBritishFantasySocietyAwardforbestcollection:Plus,
theWallStreetJournalwroteapieceaboutherandherfavoritechair,whereshecraftedherfirstbook.
http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/winners-of-the-british-fantasy-awards-2016/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chair-thats-followed-an-authors-career-1473180370?mod=e2tw
DavidMura’spowerfulpiece,“Ferguson,WhitenessasDefault,&theTeachingofCreativeWriting”,isup
ontheAWPsite
https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_chronicle_view/4121/ferguson_whiteness_as_defau
lt_the_teaching_of_creative_writing
MarjorieLiuwasonapanelforImageComicsatNYComicCon
http://marjoriemliu.com
DoesshehaveherownroomtherenexttoLincoln’s?:EvelinaGalangwasonceagaininvitedtotheWhite
Houseasoneof150FilipinoAmericansinhonorofFilipinoAmericanHistorymonthinOctober!
Awards
JamieMoorewasDrunkMonkey’sSeptemberwriterofthemonth.AnexcerptofWalkwithMe,hernovel
inprogress,wasfeaturedintheissue.ShealsoservedastheLiterary&WorkshopDirectorforthis
summer’sMixedRemixedfestivalformixedracepeopleandfamilies.There’sanewinterviewwithheron
thesite.
http://www.mixedremixed.org/jamie-moore-wants-us-help-build-literary-canon-mixed-race-literature/
http://www.drunkmonkeys.us/fiction/2016/9/1/writer-of-the-month-a-beating-a-prayer-and-aches-jamiemoore
RashaadThomasdoesnotsleep:He’sthe2016PhoenixMayor’sArtsAwardrecipientforlanguageartist;
hastwopoemsonUnlikelyStoriesMarkV;fourpoemsintheDecolonizer;acollaborativeprojectaround
blackobituaries;andwasjustselectedforafellowshiptotheMacDowellColonyforSpring2017.
http://azarts.gov/news/phoenix-honors-arts-2016-mayors-arts-awards/
http://www.unlikelystories.org/content/black-american-and-white-supremacy
https://issuu.com/thedecolonizer/docs/the_decolonizer__september_2016
http://www.blackobituaryproject.com
Hewon’tbealoneatMacDowell;DennisEarlwasalsoawardedafellowshipthiscomingspring
BothDionneIrvingBremyerandGlendalizCamachoreceivedHonorableMentionsinthemostrecent
GlimmerTrain’sVeryShortFictionContest.
http://www.glimmertrain.com/pages/finalists/2016_07_08_july_aug_vsf_hm.php
JennDeLeonwasselectedasoneofBoston’sartistsinresidencebytheMayor'sOfficeofArtsandCulture,
andBostonCentersforYouth&Families(BCYF)
https://www.boston.gov/news/ten-artists-selected-boston-artists-residence-program
DanaDeGreffwasthesecondplacewinnerofPhiladelphiaStoriesMargueriteMcGlinnPrizeforFictionfor
herstory,“HowtoMakeaBaseballPlayerCry."
http://www.philadelphiastories.org/node/20869
AnearlyheadsuptobeonthelookoutforMichaelSarabia’sstory,"Islas".It’soneoftwowinnersoftheA3
Review’sSeptembercontestonthethemeofislands.ThepiecewillbeoutintheFebruary/March2017
issue.Hisflashfictionpiece,“AConversationUndertheRain”canbefoundinthecurrentissueofPrachya
Review.
http://www.prachyareview.com/a-conversation-under-the-rain-by-michael-sarabia/
SpecialMiscellany
FatimaShaikmoderatedpanelatBrooklynBookFest,“Won’tknowmuchabouthistory”withChris
Soenpiet,SeanQualls,SharonDennisWyeth,andJeanetteWinter.
JulietP.HowardfacilitatedJamesBaldwin'sAmerica:afreesix-weekreadinganddiscussionseriesforthe
NewYorkCouncilfortheHumanitiesatTheBrooklynCommunityPrideCenter.Plus,shewasinterviewed
forthesite,SexyGrammar.
https://www.sexygrammar.com/blog/entry/2016/10/07/sexy-as-f-ck-interview-with-poet-jp-howard
KellyClaytonwasawardedasix-monthresidencyattheAcadianaCenterfortheArtswhereshewillwritea
play“whilebeggingeveryGoddessIknow,forferocity,courage,andcompassiontodoitwell”.Theaward
alsoincludesuseofthetheater,andthreeperformances;
Keisha-GayeAndersonwasthevoicecuratorfortheBEATFestivalattheBrooklynMuseum,organizing
poetsandmusiciansfortheevent.
NatalieBaszilehasbeenkillingit!Her2014novel,QueenSugar,hasbecomeaseries,createdandproduced
byAvaDuVernayonOprahWinfrey’sOWN.Ms.DuVernayalsodirectedthefirsttwoepisodesandhas
writtenothers.Youcanfindanumberoffeaturesabouttheshowinnationalpublicationsandonmajor
websites,includinganinterviewwithNatalieonLitHub.Still,shesomehowhadthebreathingroomtoget
anewpiecepublishedonBuzzfeed,“TakingMyFatherBacktoLouisianaOneLastTime”.
http://lithub.com/natalie-baszile-wrote-the-book-she-wanted-to-read-queen-sugar/
https://www.buzzfeed.com/nataliebaszile/taking-my-father-back-to-louisiana-one-lasttime?utm_term=.rj0RnM9M6W#.xeA475d50D
Unrelatedtopublishingbutdefinitelyworthyofourattentionandgoodthoughts:StacieEvansstruggled
throughthissummer’sVONAintropicalheatwithacanelikeabosstothenhaveherthirdkneesurgeryin
threeyears,twodaysaftershereturnedtoNY.Justwhenshewasabouttogobacktowork,foundoutshe
neededfourthsurgerywhichshehadthispastOctober.Healup,Stacie!SendingyouVONAlove!