VONA Voices at the Kelly Writers House, June 2017
Workshops for writers of color
Diem Jones introduces the VONA Voices open studio (1:13): MP3
Workshop session 1: June 23, 2017
- Allison Scott reading "A Reflection on Anatomy" (2:54): MP3
- Aurielle Marie reading "Untitled" (2:18): MP3
- Bahar Michosseni reading "Untitled" (4:01): MP3
- Candrice Jones reading from her play "Flex" (2:19): MP3
- Claudia Wilson reading "On Asking For Candy" (1:19): MP3
- Deepa Phillips reading "Bones" (5:53): MP3
- Gethsemane Heron Couard reading "Part 5: Hera and Hephestus" (1:27): MP3
- Jarrel Watkins reading "Blue Was My Favorite" (0:58): MP3
- Jazmynn Vazquez reading "Tongues" (1:38): MP3
- Jessica Ju reading poetry (2:48): MP3
- JoAnn Balingit reading "Stay In Love" (2:30): MP3
- Joe Cardenas reading "Untitled" (2:44): MP3
- Kim Marie Walker reading an excerpt from her manuscript "Truth's Place" (2:42): MP3
- Lark Omura reading "Every Time I Go Home (0:54): MP3
- Maria T Allocco reading "Chameleon" (4:11): MP3
- Marisel Vera reading her novel "The Taste of Sugar" (3:50): MP3
- Mary Ann Thomas reading from "Today I Fly" (3:55): MP3
- Mary Grace Burns reading "How To Connect With Someone In Five Minutes" (3:47): MP3
- Maryluz Diaz reading "Untitled" (2:45): MP3
- Melissa Hung reading "Blank Grandfather" (3:44): MP3
- Monique Briones reading her prose (3:49): MP3
- Nancy Huang reading "Tooth Fairy" (1:26): MP3
- Sabrina N'Diaye reading "Bronx Girls" (5:08): MP3
- Shirley Huey reading "Paying Respects" (3:32): MP3
- Susanna Verlarde reading "La Muerte" (3:51): MP3
- Tatiana Chaterji reading from her play "Purva Express" (3:37): MP3
- Tatiana Figueroa-Ramirez reading "Untitled" (2:25): MP3
- Tavonne Carson reading "Reflections" (3:27): MP3
- Tina Fakhrid-Deen reading "Powerless Gods" (1:56): MP3
- Yadira De La Riva reading "Frontera Joy" (2:41): MP3
- Yodassa Williams reading "Rose Quarz and Super Powers" (5:24): MP3
Workshop session 2: June 29, 2017
- Adelina Molina reading "Corner Stores with No Walls" (1:45): MP3
- Aisha Sidibe reading "Untitled" (4:40): MP3
- Amber Taylor reading "Untitled" (3:08): MP3
- Ana Portnoy-Brimmer reading "This is Not Paradise" (2:58): MP3
- Bobuck Sayed reading "Untitled" (2:01): MP3
- Brittany Rogers reading "Black Girl Sips Tea With Nina Simone" (2:03): MP3
- Cinelle Barnes reading "Garden Party" (2:43): MP3
- Connie Pertuz Meza reading "Homegirl" (3:49): MP3
- Devi Laskar reading "Forecasting" (1:21): MP3
- Elmaz Abinader, a founder of VONA, interviewed by Diem Jones (4:19): MP3
- Jai Dulani reading "White Chiffon Lies" (2:02): MP3
- Jen Lue reading "On Apology" (3:25): MP3
- Jennifer Zeynab Maccani reading "This Tongue Came From My Father" (0:59): MP3
- Joy KMT reading "Planting Trees Can't Make That Shit Right" (1:30): MP3
- JR Mahung reading "My Cousin Asked Me About The South Side" (1:08): MP3
- Jubi Arriola Headley reading "Red" (1:25): MP3
- Kavita Das reading "Groove" (4:45): MP3
- Lani T Montreal reading "First Kiss" (3:38): MP3
- Laura Villareal reading "Inside the Foxhole" (2:16): MP3
- M Evelina Galang interviewed by Diem Jones (3:38): MP3
- Malcom Friend reading "Ode to Divino" (1:57): MP3
- Mark Maza reading "Untitled" (2:58): MP3
- Maya Beck reading "Untitled" (2:45): MP3
- Muriel Leung reading "Welcome to Afterland" (3:17): MP3
- Nia Dickens reading "My Collegues are White People" (3:49): MP3
- Noelle Falcis reading "King Pouh's Kingdom" (3:12): MP3
- Nour Naas reading "How Islamophobia Informs My Silence" (2:06): MP3
- Paeyin Lyfoung reading "Where?" (3:21): MP3
- Ruben Miranda-Juarez Jr reading "Burn 'Em" (0:45): MP3
- Shefali Desai reading "Imperfect" (3:04): MP3
- Taiyon J Coleman reading "The Meat is So Sweet" (4:01): MP3
- Tina Zafreen Alam reading "Bengali Language Movement" (0:39): MP3
- Leonora Simonovis reading "Fear" (1:23): MP3
- Yamini Pathak reading "In Rough Hands, Tenderness" (1:36): MP3