@devorahmajor

write smiles and tears, laughter, love, war and solutions, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, teach elders and children, travel across borders

 Richmond, California
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Kenneth Nash and I created a poetry/jazz album that is a whole other take on the genre, Go to bandcamp.com and put City Scats in the search bar or use QR Code. Please take a listen and if you care to support us by buying an individual cut or the entire album. đź“·
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Friday Feature: devorah major

Born and raised in California, devorah major served as San Francisco’s Third Poet Laureate (2002-2006). In 2020 she toured Southern Italy where her sixth book of poetry with open arms was released in...

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Mahnaz Badihian: Rebel Poet, Painter, Translator devorahmajor.com/?p=2710

Mahnaz Badihian: Rebel Poet, Painter, Translator

Mahnaz Badihian is an Iranian poet and painter whose work reflects ideas of immigrants and exiles, women’s issues, poverty, struggles for justice and, of course, love.  An award-winning poet and au…

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Lisa Marie Simmons: devorahmajor.com/?p=2693

Lisa Marie Simmons:

“Employing Empathy, Shooting for Artistry, Talking Truth” Mass media creates music stars whose talent and vision varies and is at times altogether absent. But alongside these commercialized voices …

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Freedom, Responsibility and Artists devorahmajor.com/?p=2681
Poems Birthed in Italia devorahmajor.com/?p=2673

Poems Birthed in Italia

While in Italy I started a number of poems. The following three poems were begun in Sardinia and were observations of or responses to festival offerings. around the grove the trees speak discreet w…

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Empire, Arts, and Memory devorahmajor.com/?p=2671

Empire, Arts, and Memory

In my last days in Italy, I was amidst an interesting crossroads of history and art.  The last city I performed in was Desenzano, a city that edges Garda, Italy’s largest lake in the region of Lomb…

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Defining Artists devorahmajor.com/?p=2635
Sardinia, Land and Language devorahmajor.com/?p=2613
Working in Translation devorahmajor.com/?p=2590
Good reading devorahmajor.com/?p=2581
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Discovery, It’s Personal devorahmajor.com/?p=2532
Black Fire This Time devorahmajor.com/?p=2516

Black Fire This Time

In 1968 Black Fire literary anthology edited by Imari Baraka and Larry Neal was released creating a clarion call for the Black Arts Movement. Essays and poetry from a range of authors including Nat…

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Climbing Caves devorahmajor.com/?p=2489
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I just reviewed Kevin Simmonds wonderful new book of poetry. The Monster I Am Today: Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse devorahmajor.com/?p=2460
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Ruminations on THE MONSTER I AM TODAY Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse devorahmajor.com/?p=2460

Ruminations on THE MONSTER I AM TODAY Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse

I have a fairly limited experience with opera.  My growing years were mostly jazz with a few helpings of blues, a handful of Broadway musicals, and of course full servings of R&B and Soul …

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I just published Dancing Back to Me link.medium.com/cIUGti8Dqib

Dancing Back to Me

As my hands slid into the porcelain basin bowl, a familiar but startling reflection bounced off the highly glazed sink. The woman looking…

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Haitian Truths devorahmajor.com/?p=2439
I just published Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima and Me link.medium.com/jcX6qMsxdib

Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima and Me

I grew up with Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima. I thought it was wonderful that a Black woman made the best pancakes and a Black man the best…

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When I am not the subject devorahmajor.com/?p=2428

When I am not the subject

A poet, for whom I have much respect as poet and person, on reading a recently finished manuscript counseled me to reconsider my use of “I” in the poems. No specific poems were pointed to simply th…

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