Kuma2.net Blog

Calling All Past Kuma2.net Contributors

Tawanna — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:23:19 +0000

Where y’all at and what have you been up to? Are you still writing? Have you published a book? What creative talents are you lending your hand to? Anondra "Kat" Williams, D. Alexandra, and Syncere aka Alexander Supertramp - have written and published hot tales (and poems) of erotic passion. Skye Ward, traveler extraordinaire, has just [...]

Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 may be coming to your town

Tawanna — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:55:39 +0000

Starting September 20th, the Audre Lorde Film & Cultural Festival Tour will be making the rounds at several college campuses. From the University of Hawaii to Hunter College in NY, there will be several stops along the way. The full program includes several films and a reading: The films: A Litany for Survival: The Life [...]

Book Launch: Skyeview: A Sistah’s View Of The World, Paris Chapter (Oakland, CA Event / August)

Tawanna — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:55:30 +0000

Skye, a wonderful contributor to Kuma in the past, is publishing a travel guide/journal: Skyeview A Sistah’s View of the World, Paris Chapter You’ve read her travelogues and seen her photo album. Now, it’s time for you to experience Paris first-hand. To launch this new venture, there is going to be a fantastic gathering in [...]

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Tawanna — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:59:39 +0000

2nd ANNUAL REVIVAL, BLACK LESBIAN POETS TOUR DC, BROOKLYN, CHICAGO & PHILLY

Tawanna — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:54:38 +0000

LOVE the poet, and Cave Canem fellow, t’ai freedom ford headline intimate salon-styled poetry tour this week. October 3, 2011– Black lesbian poets tour the east coast in a salon styled poetry tour October 6-15, 2011. In private homes in Washington, DC, Chicago, Philadelphia and Brooklyn, THE REVIVAL hosts a night of music, libation and [...]

Newark-Essex Pride Week 2011: Day 2 Literary Event (Fire & Ink)

Tawanna — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:53:19 +0000

If you missed this event, you missed a good time. Featured authors: Cheril N. Clarke Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene John Keene Tawanna P. Sullivan

Fire & Ink Presents! Newark-Essex Black Pride (Newark, NJ)

Tawanna — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:30:26 +0000

“Why Do You Write/Read and How Do You Succeed?” Join panelists Cheril N. Clarke, Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene, John Keene, Tawanna Sullivan, and Rev. Kevin E. Taylor as they discuss what motivates them to produce work, and how the books they read and the lives they live inform their writing in terms of subject matter, [...]

Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project Fundraiser (film)

Tawanna — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:35:11 +0000

Filmmaker Tiona McClodden and publisher Lisa C. Moore announce their collaboration for a feature-length documentary film, Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project. UBLEP will highlight interviews with black lesbian elders in their 60s, 70s and 80s from across the United States and situate them in a range of black historical movements, spanning the decades between the [...]

Get yourself some Black Girl Love

Tawanna — Fri, 20 May 2011 03:43:25 +0000

Black Girl Love is a collection of (mostly) stories by Anondra “Kat” Williams. These 32 pieces reveal love in all of its guises. Where there is love there is always an undercurrent of vulnerability, of danger. These characters take the risk of revealing themselves to each other; they hold up a mirror to our own [...]

Call For Submissions: Lesbian Couples – Love and Passion (Cleis Press)

Tawanna — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:35:28 +0000

Lesbian Couples: Love and Passion Editor: Radclyffe Publisher: Cleis Press Deadline: September 15, 2011 (Publication Date: Fall/Winter 2012) Payment: $50 and 2 contributor copies Theme: Romance and passion among long-term lesbian couples Banked fires burn hotter, and none flame as brightly as the passion that grows between women after the first flare of attraction subsides. [...]