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1. Equipment: Unless the
room that I'll be speaking in is living-room
size, I would like a sound system. I do not like
to use a podium and would prefer a
clip-on/lavaliere microphone. I'll also need a
chair, a small waist-high table, and a glass of
water.
2. Book sales: If there is a local
bookstore (feminist, women's, lesbian/gay,
alternative/progressive), I would prefer that
those folks sell my books at the reading, if they
are interested in doing so. If not, I would like
for the organizers to handle book sales, either
themselves or through a university bookstore if
this is a university-sponsored event. My books
can be ordered from my publisher by individuals,
bookstores, or organizations. Bookstores can also
call my publisher to ascertain what distributor
is currently stocking the books.
For a list of my books that are in print and available, click
here for Book Order Info.
3. Publicity: I will be happy to give
interviews to local newspaper/newsletter or
radio/TV people, if you schedule these with me in
advance, or have the interviewers call me at the
number below. I will also do interviews by phone
before the reading. And please refer news sources
to this Web Page for background information!
4. Accessibility: My hope is that
providing accessibility at cultural events can
give us a glimpse of a broad-based movement for
liberation, and a chance to learn from other
communities than our own. Therefore, I would like
my reading to be available to as many people as
possible. Thank you in advance for dealing with
these issues.
So: If there is an admission price, please have a
sliding scale. Please locate the reading
in wheelchair-accessible space; this means
ramps if there are any steps; have someone
double check this personally. If there is a local
Deaf community, please have the reading
interpreted for the deaf and hearing-impaired;
I will send copies of what I'll read to the
interpreter two weeks in advance if you notify
me.
Please arrange for there to be child care;
your publicity can ask that those desiring child
care let you know a week before the event. For
universities where child care is often seen as a
liability or legal hazard, please work creatively
on this; the ability of mothers, especially
students or poor/working-class women, to attend
community cultural events is also an
accessibility issue.
When you schedule the date and time of the
reading, please place it on no significant day
of religious or spiritual observance which
might prevent people from attending.
If there is a reception at which alcohol will be
served, please also arrange to have ample amounts
of juice, soft drinks or seltzer, as well as some
snack foods available. Please make it clear,
through announcements or signs, that there is to
be no smoking in the room(s) where the
reading and socializing take place. Remember to
indicate on all your publicity the ways in
which the event will be accessible.
5. Housing and Food: Because I travel so
much, I prefer motel/hotel housing. For community
organizations on a budget, I need at least a room
with a door that closes! I'm not allergic to any
animals, although I am not fond of dogs. I'm a
semi-vegetarian; I occasionally eat chicken and
fish.
6.Contact information: You can click here
to access my e-mail. Or contact me at:
Minnie Bruce Pratt
PMB # 227
72 Van Reipen Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Fax: 201-484-7720
E-Mail: mbpratt@earthlink.net
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