Kameelah Rasheed

[in]helvetica: what we talk about when we talk about growing up.

god, i’m sick of the “what we talk about when we talk about…” title. i can use it, though…i’m using it ironically.

anyway, i’m 30 yrs old. and it is only now, in the middle of making tea and blowing through my to-do list and shrugging off an amiable personal rejection from a magazine i’ve been…

11:58 pm • 31 January 2012 • 4 notes

I knew it was going to happen!

caitsmeissner:

Was waiting for my first day to make it real: I’m super excited to have taken the position of Program Developer with the Education Department at Tribeca Film Institute! The team is capable, visionary and kind. What more could a gal wish for?

11:10 pm • 30 January 2012 • 9 notes

Such Magnificent Taste and Texture and Feeling: A Conversation with Caits Meissner and Tishon

wellandoftenpress:

An interview with Caits and Tishon on Used Furniture Review: Why they write, why they chose to do a book together, and why call it The Letter All Your Friends Have Written You

8:50 am • 29 January 2012 • 12 notes

Make sure you are here! (And be sure to buy the lovely book if you have not already done so.) I’ve never been to a book release party so I am looking forward to a great night. The more time I spend getting to know Caits, the more I am inspired by her work and her spirit. It will be an great night full of poetry and good times. I will be there meeting new folks and shooting stills. Be there!

wellandoftenpress:

A night of poetry and music to celebrate the publication of The Letter All Your Friends Have Written You, the debut poetry collection from Caits Meissner and Tishon mingling classic themes of love and war with pointed ruminations on mixtapes and growing up with The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

Caits Meissner and Tishon are two emerging writers living in New York City. The Letter All Your Friends Have Written You, this vibrant collection of poems, marks their first collaborative book. Though the writers speak different tongues, they’ve managed to put together a collection that’s resonant and harmonious. Tishon writes a moving tribute to a childhood friend lost to gun violence in contrast to a dry rumination on art and sexuality under the gaze of Vincent Van Gogh. Caits laments her angsty pink-haired teenage years in one poem, in another converses with a fictionalized Mavis Staples about lost love. Mingling classic themes of love and war with pointed ruminations on mixtapes and growing up with The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, this book adds two new voices to modern American poetry.

For more information visit http://www.wellandoftenpress.com

Also performing:

muMs and Aurora: folk music’s answer to hip hop. Award-winning poet (you may have seen him on the TV show Oz) and honey-voiced singer create a beautiful, moving combination of poem and song.

Safia Elhillo: A young, inspired Sudanese poet. Member of the NYU slam team and the 7th ranked woman slam poet in the world.

Elana Bell: Magical poet Elana Bell is the writer-in-residence at the Bronx Academy of Letters. Her manuscript, Eyes, Stones, was selected by Fanny Howe as the winner of the 2011 Walt Whitman Award, and will be published by Louisiana State University Press in 2012.

Ocean Vuong: Author of the chapbook Burnings, Ocean was a semi-finalist for the 2011 Crab Orchard Series First Book Award. Recipient an Academy of American Poets award, the Connecticut Poetry Society’s Al Savard Award, as well as four Pushcart Prize nominations.

Katie Mullins weaves folk, experimental and classical influences into her distinctive original songs. Her debut album, Pastoral, is a collection of love songs written about and within Berlin and New York.

Deidre (of Savoir Adore): One half of Brooklyn-based Savoir Adore, the self-coined “fantasy rock” duo, signed to the Cantora label — home of the likeminded neo-psychedelic group MGMT— Deidre joins us with acoustic versions of her own work!

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4:44 pm • 28 January 2012 • 39 notes

A Jie warrior with scars designed to look like AK-47s. Previous generations had scars representing wild animals and abstract symbols of power. Now, guns and satellite phones are common showing how deeply guns have become a symbol and tool for holding onto power.

A Jie warrior with scars designed to look like AK-47s. Previous generations had scars representing wild animals and abstract symbols of power. Now, guns and satellite phones are common showing how deeply guns have become a symbol and tool for holding onto power.

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8:39 pm • 26 January 2012 • 592 notes

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8:35 pm • 26 January 2012 • 146 notes

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8:34 pm • 26 January 2012 • 3,629 notes

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8:09 pm • 26 January 2012 • 164 notes

My SPED student earned a 78% on his midterm. 78% without a curve. 78% on his own. His grade on the last midterm was a 40%. Thinking of ways to share and celebrate with him.

Now to grade 84 other exams.

9:52 pm • 25 January 2012 • 10 notes

Check out the updated site and bio here.

9:22 pm • 25 January 2012 • 2 notes

Kameelah Rasheed: Artist Blog: Almost an Update

I am very tired. I have been having a lot of meetings with other artists. It’s great to plan with beautiful spirits. It’s indescribable. The month of January has been my most productive month as an artist. I can only pray that the rest of 2012 is as fruitful as January.

As soon as I have confirmation on everything, I will be sharing more. One thing that I am excited about is curating an exhibit for teen photographers. I just got the space and now the heavy lifting begins. I don’t remember the last time I have felt this excited. Things are finally falling into place.

9:15 pm • 25 January 2012 • 2 notes