Dear Friends:
Some quick news. Rattapallax's reading during the RNC
last year was featured in a new documentary produced
by the Sundance Channel. The film is called THE FIRST
AMENDMENT PROJECT and is directed by John Walter (who
previously directed "How to Draw a Bunny." Other
film-makers include Mario Van Peebles and Chris
Hegedus & Nick Doob ("The War Room").
Also, please join us for a poetry reading featuring
Willie Perdomo. Tuesday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the
little theatre. Poetry in the Branches at Port
Richmond Library, 75 Bennett Street, Staten Island,
(718.442.0158), NYC.
Free.
Lastly, Rattapallax has created a new imprint
dedicated to Spoken Word called Cypher. The first
collection we are publishing is "Zaatardiva" by Suheir
Hammad. More info at
http://www.rattapallax.com/cypher.htm
Fresh from her Tony-Award winning stint in Def Poetry
Jam on Broadway and a subsequent 51-city tour, Suheir
Hammad has written her first collection of poetry
since Born Palestinian, Born Black, published when she
was just 22 years old. Zaatardiva is poetry about
love, politics and art, all coming out of Hammad's bag
of zataar. The poems in this collection are at once
seductive and dangerous; they are possessed by a
singular lyricism and awareness, and her call to
action has a major presence in her work. The
collection will include a CD and available in October
2005.
More info at www.rattapallax.com
Cheers
Ram Devineni
Publisher
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