AUSTIN SALON: featuring Poet Samiya Bashir September 20, 2008

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About Samiya Bashir:

Samiya Bashir is the author of Where the Apple Falls: poems, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and Gospel, forthcoming in 2009 from RedBone Press. Samiya editor of two groundbreaking anthologies: Best Black Women's Erotica 2 and Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social & Political Black Literature & Art, with Tony Medina and Quraysh Ali Lansana. She has also published two chapbook poetry collections: Wearing Shorts on the First Day of Spring & American Visa. Her poetry, stories, articles, essays and editorial work have been widely published. In addition to her creative work, Samiya runs a thriving communications consulting business serving non-profit organizations around the country. Her poetry, stories, articles, essays and editorial work have been featured in numerous publications including: Callaloo, Torch, Essence, and Contemporary American Women Poets.

Samiya is a fellow with Cave Canem and a founding organizer of Fire & Ink, a writer's festival for LGBT writers of African descent. Find out more about Samiya and her work online at Samiya Bashir Dot Com or follow her art and commentary online at Scryptkeeper, and Pënz, a year-long, daily group art blog. Samiya lives with her partner and two rowdy cats in Austin, Texas.

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