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Fall in Love: An Erotic Reading and Fundraiser

Published on October 24, 2011. 0 Comments

Fire & Ink invites you to

Fall in Love: An Erotic Reading and Fundraiser

Saturday, November 12, 2011, 7-10 pm
213 Taaffe Place, #114
Brooklyn, NY 11205

Enjoy a fun-filled evening of food, festivities, music and a special reading featuring

CHERYL CLARKE, CHERYL BOYCE-TAYLOR, REGINALD HARRIS, HERUKHUTI,

G. WINSTON JAMES, ANA-MAURINE LARA, MINGUS and JADE FOSTER of CEREUS ARTS!

For your visual stimulation artist CHARLY DOMINGUEZ will be showing (and selling) original paintings commissioned for this special event.

There will also be a silent auction and a chance to win a bundle of black queer books to take home!

$25 in advance or at the door!

Hosted by Lisa C. Moore and Steven G. Fullwood,

President and Vice President of the Board of Fire & Ink

For more information, contact Steven at stevengfullwood@gmail.com!

 

Thank you, Triangle Pride!

Published on August 18, 2011. 0 Comments

We had a great time at Triangle Black Pride in Raleigh, NC on July 30, 2011. The author/publishers featured, Uriah Bell, Zelda Lockhart and Morei Robinson, had a lot to share about the different kinds of publishing available to new and aspiring writers. We had such a good time we forgot to take pictures! Also, we send a big thank you to our hosts Toya Hankins, Akil Sémaj Campbell and Nina Ricci at Triangle Black Pride who made us feel so welcomed!

Thank you, Memphis Pride!

Published on July 4, 2011. 0 Comments
Fire & Ink board members Lisa C. Moore and Anthony Hardaway

A big thank you to everyone who came to learn more about Fire & Ink, donated to Fire & Ink, and gathered books written by black LGBTQ authors. We appreciate your love!

Thank you, Newark-Essex Black Pride!

Published on June 8, 2011. 0 Comments

Check out the fabulous recap of Fire & Ink Presents! at Newark-Essex Black Pride last night in Newark, NJ. Great crowd, great writers, great conversations!

Fire & Ink Presents! at Newark-Essex Black Pride, June 7, 2011

Thank you, DC Black Pride!

Published on June 7, 2011. 0 Comments
Bettina Judd

Thanks to everybody who came out to Fire & Ink Presents! at DC Black Pride. We had a great crowd, and some really, really good questions about the importance of reading and writing. A big thanks especially to our panelists, Yolo Akili, Aaron Anson, Jade Foster, Bettina Judd, Michelle Sewell and Alan Sharpe, for sharing their wonderful insights into their creative processes.

Bettina Judd and Aaron Anson

Alan Sharpe

Jade Foster speaks of poetry

Yolo Akili breaks it down

For Colored Boys…

Published on May 17, 2011. 1 Comment

…well, not just for colored boys! Come to the Tenth Anniversary Reunion Reading of  “For Colored Boys… who have considered s-curls when the hot comb was enuf.” This staged reading, based on the poetry of Fire & Ink board member Marvin K. White, reunites several of the original cast members from the Theatre Rhinoceros performance in 2001, including Marlon M. Bailey, Cedric Brown, Derek Lassiter and Duran Rutledge (and Marvin K. White!). This event will also feature new solo and ensemble work. All proceeds benefit Fire & Ink!

The Berkeley Marsh, 2120 Allston Way @ Shattuck, Berkeley, CA

2 p.m. Sunday, May 22, 2011

$10 suggested donation (but no one will be turned away!)

A good time will be had by all!

WRITES OF SPRING!

Published on March 22, 2011. 0 Comments

You’re invited to

WRITES OF SPRING: A BENEFIT FOR FIRE & INK!
featuring
STACEYANN CHIN and CARL HANCOCK RUX


Saturday April 30, 2011, 7-11pm
213 Taaffe Place #114 * Brooklyn, NY 11205

Enjoy an evening of food, festivities, music and a special reading
by the talented STACEYANN CHIN and CARL HANCOCK RUX!

Co-hosted by Steven G Fullwood and Reginald Harris

$25.00 per person

Advance tickets are available HERE!

Unapologetically Caribbean and Black, Asian and lesbian, woman and New Yorker,

STACEYANN CHIN is the author of the memoir,

The Other Side of Paradise.

Award-winning poet, playwright, novelist, essayist and recording artist,

CARL HANCOCK RUX is the author of

Asphalt and Pagan Operetta.

All proceeds benefit FIRE & INK, INC.

For additional information, please contact:

Steven G Fullwood at stevengfullwood@gmail.com or

Reginald Harris at rmharris2001@hotmail.com

Come hear some “Grown Ass Men.”

Published on March 21, 2011. 0 Comments

In the Bay Area? Sugartruck Recordings, with the cooperation of Black Funk, present “Grown Ass Men: Soliloquies of Solemnity and Silliness on Sex, Soul and Spirit,” a benefit for Fire & Ink! Featuring readings by Dr. Herukhuti, Marvin K. White, and Juba Kalamka. Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Z Cafe, Bar and Restaurant, 2735 Broadway @ 27th St. in Oakland. Light refreshments, cash bar; suggested donation $5-$100. Come one, come all!

Published on February 18, 2011. 2 Comments

Will You Help Us?

Published on November 17, 2010. 0 Comments

Fire & Ink is embarking on our first pledge drive!

Your support will allow us to keep doing the important work of shaping the future of LGBTQ/SGL writers of African descent.

Every bit helps, small and large. Learn more about the why and how here.

Donate to Fire & Ink, Incorporated today!