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#FOLKLIFE50 UPDATE: Mike Copperman & Roxas Chua at Northwest Folklife 50 SATURDAY MAY 29 7PM PDT

THIS SATURDAY MAY 29 7PM PDT Please HEART and SHARE this post! Then join Mike Copperman, and Roxas Chua on Saturday MAY 29 from 7pm - 8pm PDT at the Northwest Folklife Gathering Space this Saturday while they read from their new and recent writings, talk about craft, making new work, and have a Q&A with you the community and our friends at Folklife https://www.nwfolklife.org/festival/storiesandspokenword/mike-copperman-and-special-guests*.html

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MOVED BY WORDS PRESENTS NEW VOICES OF COLOR 2021 AT #FOLKLIFE50

Northwest Folklife 50th Anniversary: www.nwfolklife.org

FEATURING GUEST CURATORS AND CO-HOSTS

NEIL AITKEN (AUTHOR, BABBAGE’S DREAM; EDITOR, BOXCAR REVIEW)

AND

MONICA DRAKE (AUTHOR, FOLLY OF LOVING LIFE; CURATOR OF NATIVE VOICES AT PNCA)

TO WELCOME AND INTRODUCE THE FOLKLIFE COMMUNITY TO UPCOMING NEW VOICES OF COLOR FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND POINTS AROUND THE WORLD. PROUDLY CELEBRATING OUR NORTHWEST HERITAGE #FOLKLIFE50

On the 50th Livestream:

https://www.nwfolklife.org/festival/storiesandspokenword/moved-by-words-new-voices-of-color-2021.html

Moved by Words: New Voices of Color

Performance Date: 5/30/2021 Performance Start Time and End Time: 4:20PM - 4:40 PM

In the Gathering Space (unstreamed Zoom group room)

New Voices Of Color 2021 #FOLKLIFE50 GATHERING SPACE May 30, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) NEW VOICES ZOOM GATHERING SPACE https://washington.zoom.us/j/94881747711

MAY 30 2021 4:05PM - 5:05PM

**2021 NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE ARTIST ROSTER:**

FEATURING

**Robert Lashley (AUTHOR, THE GREEN RIVER VALLEY, UP SOUTH)

https://kexp.org/read/2020/8/10/sound-vision-robert-lashley-music-tacoma-and-black-joy/

**Zaji Cox (CULTURAL WEEKLY, 2019 SUBMISSIONPDX AWARD FOR POETRY)

https://www.culturalweekly.com/zaji-cox-three-poems/

**Ami Patel (VONA, UNCHASTE READERS, LITERARY ARTS)

https://literary-arts.org/bio/ami-patel/

**Jessica Mehta (AUTHOR, YOU LOOK SOMETHING and WHEN WE TALK OF STOLEN SISTERS)

https://thischerokeerose.com/paradise-will-be-a-kind-of-library/

**Armin Tolentino (AUTHOR, WE MEANT TO BRING IT HOME ALIVE, CLARK COUNTY POET LAUREATE)

https://www.armintolentino.com/

** Susan deFrietas (AUTHOR, HOT SEASON - EDITOR, DISPATCHES FROM ANARRES)

https://susandefreitas.com/

** Emilly Prado (AUTHOR, FUNERAL FOR FLACA)

https://emillyprado.com/

** Demian Dinéyazhi (ARTIST, RISEindigenous COLLECTIVE)

https://burymyart.tumblr.com/

** Kunu Bearchum (ARTIST, DEBUT ALBUM 'THROUGH THE BATTLE SMOKE')

https://www.kunubearchum.com/

AND SPECIAL GUESTS FOR MORE INFORMATION WATCH THE MOVED BY WORDS FACEBOOK GROUP

HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MOVEDBYWORDS

OR VISIT OUR MOVEDBYWORDS WEBSITE

WWW.MOVEDBYWORDS.ORG

HASHTAGS FOR EVENT

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