Dear all,
Winter was a myth this year, and spring
just flew by like words out of a book of poetry.
Hope your summer is off to a good
start. After a lazy, relaxed Memorial Day, it’s time for me to make some noise.
Okay, partake in some upcoming readings and conferences. And I really hope to
see at least some of your friendly faces in the audience.
Thursday, May 31, 6:30-8:30 pm
Ken Siegelman's Brooklyn Poetry Outreach: May Featured Poet
Sweta Vikram
Barnes & Noble Park Slope
267 7th Avenue (6th Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
267 7th Avenue (6th Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Sunday, June 17, 3-5 pm
Queens Council on The Arts
Crossing Art Gallery, Flushing
with Jacqueline Donado and Miguel Falquez-Certain
with Jacqueline Donado and Miguel Falquez-Certain
Sunday, June 24, 9:00 am-6:00 pm (My
segment TBA)
Vishwa Hindu Parishad
New Dorp High School, Staten Island
Panelist
Theme: Self Identity and Connecting
with your Roots
Sunday, June 24, 7-8:30 pm
Brownstone Poets Anthology Launch
BookCourt
163 Court Street
Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone # (718) 875-3677
163 Court Street
Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone # (718) 875-3677
Take the F or G to Bergen St., R to
Court St., 4 or 5 to Borough Hall
Saturday,
June 30, 1:30-3:30 pm
Cultural Consonance: A reading of cross cultural literature between Queens and the world
Greater Astoria Historical Society
Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, Long Island City, NY 11106
(near the M/R train at Steinway or the NQ train at Broadway)
with Nancy Agabian, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Joseph O. Legaspi, and Margarita Soto
$5 suggested donation
Cultural Consonance: A reading of cross cultural literature between Queens and the world
Greater Astoria Historical Society
Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, Long Island City, NY 11106
(near the M/R train at Steinway or the NQ train at Broadway)
with Nancy Agabian, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Joseph O. Legaspi, and Margarita Soto
$5 suggested donation
In other news, I won a scholarship to
Wesleyan Writers Conference in Connecticut and will be attending the conference
(super-psyched) in mid-June. I've also
been selected by the Queens Council on The Arts as one of six participants in their
Build Your Own Business (BYOB) Program—a professional development program for
writers. My poetry chapbook, “Beyond the Scent of
Sorrow,” was nominated for
the Indie Lit Awards towards end of 2011. One of the judges
interviewed me, and we spoke
about poetry and where it comes from. Kismet? A memorable
trip to Greece in December of 2011 led to the birth of my newly published
travel essay: “The Allure of Socrates’
Land.”
Between January and May 2012, several
of my poems were published: http://www.swetavikram.com/v2011/poetry_ip.html and
also personal essays: http://www.swetavikram.com/v2011/essays.html
The councilman from Queens invited me
to share my poetry at Immigrant Heritage Awards while NY1 named yours truly as “Queens
Person of the Week.” http://www.swetavikram.com/v2011/press.html.
Did I mention that my first column, "Femininity and Feminism--do we misuse the two F-Words?" appeared in Delhi-based Democratic World: http://issuu.com/democraticworld/docs/full_magazine/1?
Other publishing and mad & wicked
news is on my website: www.swetavikram. But you know where to find me in
person (at a watering hole near you:-)), email (sweta@swetavikram.com),
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Words.By.Sweta), and Twitter (@ssvik)
Wish you a splendid week!
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1 comment:
great going sweta...............!!
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