Author: K Anand Gall

Miami University grad students host Writer’s Harvest to benefit food pantry

News

 The 32nd annual Writer’s Harvest, hosted by Miami University’s creative writing program, is set Monday night with proceeds benefiting Talawanda Oxford Pantry & Social Services (TOPSS).

Four Miami University graduate students will read an assortment of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction stories alongside an art auction available via Zoom.

Kara Anand-Gall, a graduate assistant in the English department at Miami University, is helping to organize the event and said the Writer’s Harvest helps to give a stage to the different kinds of works that students are writing.

Read the full article at Dayton.com.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | Riparian reading at Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Events

Tuesday, February 11, 2020
6:30PM
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Rookwood Commons
2692 Madison Road
Cincinnati, OH
(513) 396-8960

Riparian: Poetry, Short Prose & Photographs Inspired by the Ohio River.   Dos Madres Press, 2019.  Managing editor, Sherry Cook Stanforth; co-editor, Richard Hague. Reading at Joseph Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Commons, on Tuesday, February 11th, 6:30 pm.

WVXU Interview link: https://www.wvxu.org/post/poetry-prose-and-photography-all-inspired-ohio-river-riparian#stream/0

River music by Tellico and Lisak & Rowe.    The collection includes six poet laureates and various awarded regional writers, side-by-side with young artists. The anthology also features the Thomas More University Biology Field Station in its inspiration and includes contributions by TMU students, alumni, and faculty, including Sherry Cook Stanforth, Richard Hague,  Pauletta Hansel, Rex Easley, Kara Gall, Karen George, Vickie Cimprich, Tony Otten, Rachel Whitehill, Courtney Neltner Kleier, Keegan Hanrahan, Sabrina Schuttemeyer, Erin Carrus, Emily Imhoff.

Riparian is supported by the Ohio Arts Council and it is aimed to connect people all over the region to contemplate and celebrate our nearly 1000-mile long waterway.   The culture, history, geography, ecology, folklore, biodiversity,  recreation, industry, and heritage of the Ohio River invites some good reflection.

Sunday, October 13, 2019 3-5PM | Riparian Book Launch

Events

Sunday, October 13, 2019
3PM – 5PM
Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati
3905 Eastern Ave
Cincinnati, OH
Featuring readings from the book by contributors

Riparian: Poetry, Short Prose & Photographs Inspired by the Ohio River.   Dos Madres Press, 2019.  Managing editor, Sherry Cook Stanforth; co-editor, Richard Hague.

River music by Tellico and Lisak & Rowe.    The collection includes six poet laureates and various awarded regional writers, side-by-side with young artists. The anthology also features the Thomas More University Biology Field Station in its inspiration and includes contributions by TMU students, alumni, and faculty, including Sherry Cook Stanforth, Richard Hague,  Pauletta Hansel, Rex Easley, Kara Gall, Karen George, Vickie Cimprich, Tony Otten, Rachel Whitehill, Courtney Neltner Kleier, Keegan Hanrahan, Sabrina Schuttemeyer, Erin Carrus, Emily Imhoff.

Riparian is supported by the Ohio Arts Council and it is aimed to connect people all over the region to contemplate and celebrate our nearly 1000-mile long waterway.   The culture, history, geography, ecology, folklore, biodiversity,  recreation, industry, and heritage of the Ohio River invites some good reflection.

Bared

Poetry, Published Works

Kara is thrilled to have two of her poems appear in this anthology.

Bared collects the work of 170 contemporary women poets and artists. Exploring the gendered narratives that clothe and fashion the body, gender subversion, the traditional male gaze, feminist theories, and more, the artists and poets collected in Bared resist given narratives about the breast and bra by boldly presenting alternatives in written and visual art. The poetry and art of Bared consider commodification, training bras, mammograms, bra factories, biopsies, bra-fit, pencil tests, cancer, mastectomies, sexuality, implants, nursing, representation, and so much more, highlighting the importance of women’s bodies now and in the future. The cover art is by Wanda Ewing, University of Nebraska at Omaha’s tenured professor who was diagnosed with cancer in May 2013 and died a few short months later in December. She was only 43. A portion of the proceeds from Bared will be donated to the University of Nebraska Foundation Wanda Ewing Memorial Scholarship Fund.During select events, a portion of proceeds will also go to specified organizations that support women.

Roethke Chastises us on Summer Solstice

Recordings

“Roethke Chastises us on Summer Solstice” aired June 2015 on DruidCast – A Druid Podcast Episode 99.  Hosted by Damh the Bard, each episode features poetry, story and song offered by Bards throughout the world. There are also interviews with people involved in the Druid tradition, and related areas, plus seasonal thoughts, explorations of Celtic mythology and history, reviews, and competition

To listen, go to http://www.druidry.org/druid-way/resources/druidcast-obod-podcast. Scroll to episode 99. Kara’s poem can be heard around 35:00.