Eileen thanks one and all, and trusts you will continue to assist!!!
>
> *PRESS RELEASE & ANNOUNCEMENT: "POETS ON ADOPTION"*
> *[Please feel free to forward]*
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>
>
> *POETS ON ADOPTION*
>
> Poetry: it inevitably relates to -- among others -- identity, history,
> culture, class, race, community, economics, politics, power, loss, health,
> desire, regret, language, form and genre disruption, love ... as well as the
> absences thereofs.
>
> The same may be said about Adoption.
>
> You are invited to visit POETS ON ADOPTION (
> http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com) to see how poets with adoption
> experiences mine the intersections of poetry and adoption. Their varied
> experiences, meditations and poems powerfully bring forth an *urgent* poetics
> in an educational context.
>
> POETS ON ADOPTION will be updated over time as more poets send in their
> contributions. You are invited to peruse and spread the word about the
> blog's Call for Participation at
> http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/call-for-participation.html .
>
>
> The inaugural issue presents the following poets below on adoption. We hope
> this site engages you, and welcome your comments,
>
> Eileen R. Tabios
> Curator, Poets on Adoption
>
> *****
>
> *POETS ON ADOPTION*
> *as of March 31, 2011, features*
>
> *Ned Balbo* <http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/ned-balbo.html> March
> 2011
> *(placed as a baby with his birth mother's sister and raised as her son)*
>
> *Nick Carbo* <http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/nick-carbo.html> March
> 2011
> *(in the Philippines, was adopted as an infant. later, his parents adopted
> his biological younger sister)*
>
> *Dana Collins*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/dana-collins.html> March
> 2011
> *(was adopted as a baby from Korea by U.S.-American parents. sister to
> adopted brother)*
>
> *Marcella Durand*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/marcella-durand.html> March
> 2011
> *(adopted an infant domestically within U.S.)*
>
> *Lee Herrick<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/lee-herrick.html>
> * March 2011
> *(was adopted as a baby from Korea by U.S.-American parents. brother to
> adopted sister. as a parent, adopted baby from China)*
>
> *Natalie Knight*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/natalie-knight.html> March
> 2011
> *(was adopted as an infant domestically in U.S. became sister at age
> five to adopted brother)*
>
> *Michele Leavitt*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/michele-leavitt.html> March
> 2011
> *(was adopted as an infant domestically in the U.S.)*
>
> *Amanda Mason<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/amanda-mason.html>
> * March 2011
> *(in process of adopting 11-year-old boy from Colombia)*
>
> *Sharon Mesmer<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/sharon-mesmer.html>
> * March 2011
> *(sister to adopted sibling)*
>
> *Allison Moreno*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/allison-moreno.html> March
> 2011
> *(was adopted as a baby domestically in the U.S. sister to two adopted
> brothers)*
>
> *Christina Pacosz*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/christina-pacosz.html> March
> 2011
> *(gave up infant daughter for adoption)*
>
> *Judith Roitman*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/judith-roitman.html> March
> 2011
> *(was half-adopted. adopted two baby boys, of which the one survivor is
> now 30 years old. relatives also adopted)*
>
> *Susan M. Schultz*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/susan-m-schultz.html> March
> 2011
> *(adopted 12-month-old boy (now 11 years old) from Cambodia and 3-year-old
> girl (now 9 years old) from Nepal. husband and a number of other relatives
> were adopted)*
>
> *Michael D Snediker*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/michael-d-snediker.html> March
> 2011
> *(brother to a sister adopted as an infant from Korea. became close to
> someone who adopted a son from Vietnam)*
>
> *Rosemary Starace*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/rosemary-starace.html> March
> 2011
> *(was adopted as a baby domestically within the U.S. three years later
> became sister to adopted brother)*
>
> *Eileen R. Tabios*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/eileen-r-tabios_30.html> March
> 2011
> *(adopted a 13-year-old boy (now 15) from Colombia. in process of new
> adoption process for a 12-year-old girl also from Colombia)*
>
> *Craig Watson*<http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/craig-watson.html> March
> 2011
> *(adopted 1-year-old girl from Ecuador)*
>
>
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