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Lucille Clifton, 1936-2010

by Tara03.11.2010

As someone who worked with her, closely read her work and carried her poem “won’t you celebrate with me” among others in my heart to sustain me on difficult days, and saw someone I could call a mentor. I participated in a workshop with Ms. Clifton in 1999, when I was trying to explore my [...]

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Miso Soup

by Tara03.10.2010

I made this raw soup that required miso a little while ago, riii? The thing is when you buy miso, it comes in containers slightly larger than a box of tofu, but you might not use more than 3-5 spoonfuls of it to make a meal, and that’s generous! So, I said, how can I [...]

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Raw Mushroom Soup & At the Brecht

by Tara02.23.2010

I made a double batch of what this Latino brother makes on his youtube channel called RawFoodMuscle.
Raw Creamy Spicy Mushroom Soup episode #11
Many of his recipes are fast, full of flavor, vegan, and raw. I’m also enjoying this show because it’s a person of color cooking, much in the spirit of Bryant Terry, [...]

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The Road to Raw Food

by Tara02.10.2010

Over the past month, I’ve managed to cook more at home. In part, because a lot of the food I’d eat on the run was too expensive and not nearly as healthy as anything I could prepare from the grocery store.
I’ve been vegetarian for several years, but I’ve decided to make more vegan meals, [...]

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a birthday/new year post

by Tara01.07.2010

Today is my birthday. Since it’s so close to the beginning of a new year, every year I find myself reflecting on what I’ve accomplished and what has change in the world and with myself after Christmas and up to January 7th. I don’t typically do resolutions, but I do find myself wanting to purge [...]

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Arc & Hue book trailer

by Tara12.20.2009
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Staying Up through Cold Weather Blues

by Tara12.05.2009

Today was filled with puffy, wet snowflakes making me want to go back indoors as soon as possible. I ran some errands and came home with lentil rice soup, a falafel sandwich in a whole wheat pita, and hot chocolate. I’ve been meaning to sit down and read from the growing piles of books, finish [...]

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Putting Burdens Down

by Tara11.30.2009

There were many days when I thought the first book might not ever happen. Now, that it’s here, I find myself wanting to write the next one, but better, stronger, with less apprehension. I’m just realizing that the people that I held back for are no longer alive.
My grandmother, Charmaine Betts, worked every weekend [...]

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Medgar Evers College Black Writers Conference

by Tara11.30.2009

[ March 25, 2010; 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM. ] Tara Betts, author of Arc & Hue (Willow Books/Aquarius Press) and John Murillo, author of the upcoming Up Jump the Boogie (Cypher Books) will reading at and leading workshops for teens on Thursday, March 25, 2010, 12:30 p.m. at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. For more information, check out the National Black Writers Conference online.

The [...]

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Authors of Color on Twitter

by Tara11.23.2009

I have been getting these tweets on twitter saying that search engines are not necessarily registering authors of color in searches. I know Collin Kelley has been keeping a list of poets of all kinds on his blog, but I figured I’d take somewhat of a cue from SheWrites, and share a list of authors [...]

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