I thought others interested in Minnie Bruce Pratt's award winning poetry would enjoy some of these opportunities to hear her speak.
David Strand- Loring Park -------------------------------------------------- Poetry in Time of War: Art and the Collective Imagination� Wednesday, April 13, 7PM � Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center Lesbian, feminist, writer & poet Minnie Bruce Pratt presents the 2005 Toni McNaron Lecture in Arts and Culture. Minnie Bruce is the author of several books including her most recent, The Dirt She Ate: Selected and New Poems. Her worked has earned her numerous awards and recognition and most recently Pratt served as the Jane Watson Irwin Chair in Women�s Studies at Hamilton College. She lives with her partner, transgender activist and writer Leslie Feinberg in Jersey City, New Jersey. She is at work on a new book of poems tentatively titled, The Only Danger. A Q&A and reception will follow Pratt�s lecture. This event is free and open to the public. map to the venue: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/HHHCtr/index.html ------------------------------------------------------ [below text copied from flyer] Please Join Us For An Event With Poet And Feminist Activist, Minnie Bruce Pratt In A Fundraiser At District 202 1601 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55403 Thursday April 14, 2005 Proceeds will benefit District 202�s Transgender Youth Needs Assessment Co-sponsored by: SASE: The Write Place, the National Writers� Union, Hamline University English Department, Hamline University Graduate School of Liberal Studies, and Dr. Colleen Bell District 202 is a nonprofit youth community center committed to providing social, cultural and educational opportunities by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth and their friends. Minnie Bruce Pratt is the author of five books of poetry. Her book of prose stories about gender boundary crossing, S/HE, now in its second printing, was one of the five finalists in Non-Fiction for the 1995 American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Book Award. Purchase tickets at: Amazon Book Store, The Queery Book Store, Rainbow Road, or District 202 $25 - $59 Event $60 - $1,000 Event & VIP Reception Free to youth 21 and younger. Donations are welcome. VIP Reception at 6:00 PM Event at 7:00PM Selections by the TransVoices choir Readings by District 202 Youth Reading and introduction by Andrea Jenkins Reading by Minnie Bruce Pratt ------------------------------------------------------ All Gender Health Seminar Saturday, April 16, 10AM-6PM - 1300 South 2nd Street, Room 142 All Gender Health brings transgender people together to learn about sex, gender, and sexuality; to build community; and to improve our health. Regardless of where you find yourself within the spectrum of transgender expression, we welcome your participation. Featured speakers include: Jamie Feldman, Ph.D., Andrea Jenkins, M.S., Randall Ehrbar, Ph.D. and special guest speaker Minnie Bruce Pratt. There is no charge for this event. For more information or to sign up call Andrea Jenkins (612) 625-5508 or Walter Bockting 612 625-1500 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] map to the venue: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/WBOB/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
