The Boulder Pride Fest is tomorrow! I'll be in the Literary Tent in Central Park (look for us near Arapahoe and 13th Street) from 11-6 tomorrow -- and I'm reading for five minutes sometime between 3-3:30 pm (probably from my in-progress novel, which is a modernization of Twelfth Night). I'll be right next to my Naropa MFA classmate and author of the upcoming amazing novel Fig, Sarah Elizabeth Schantz. Other than promoting my little novella, The Beginning of Us, I plan to make gifts of re-purposed pages of Harlequin romance novels. Come say hello, get a re-purposed romance page, and support Pride!
On another note, the Lesbian HERstory Group met again last Sunday, this time to read and discuss the ideas and words of Audre Lorde. Our discussion made me think about power -- where our power as women and as lesbians comes from and can come from. I've been thinking lately that maybe I diminish my own power when I fail to take care of myself or to honor my own work. And I've been thinking that the mere existence of this Lesbian HERstory group in Boulder -- and the slowly increasing number of people who read this blog -- have made me feel more powerful, more connected, more capable of becoming what I'm supposed to become.
I think that's what Pride Fest is all about, too. I'm so honored to be a part of it tomorrow.
What a wonderful experience to be out at Pride Fest in the Literary Tent today! I loved every minute. Thank you to all of the readers who stopped by to say hello, and to all of the writers who spent the day forming a community. . .
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