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In the fall of 1983, I got in my
little red VW bug and drove myself all over the
South, ten cities in fourteen days, to do
readings from my first book of poems, The Sound
of One Fork. I performed in the homes of lesbians
in Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, Tennessee;
at a conference on violence against women in
Little Rock, and at a women’s cultural
center in Fayetteville, Arkansas; at an MCC
church in Jackson, Mississippi; at an abortion
clinic in New Orleans; for college students in
English and Women’s Studies at universities
in Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and at the
first women’s bookstore in Birmingham.
This trip was the beginning of my travels as a
writer who believes that words can help get us
ready to change the world.
And I’m still on the road with my work. Over
the years I’ve done readings and spoken at
universities and conferences, Pride celebrations
and political rallies. Below you can see a
partial list of some of the places I performed
during the last two years.
I’d love to come to your campus or
your community. Click below to contact me through
my e-mail, or you can write or fax:
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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here you can also click to get to my up-to-date biography, information on how
to order my books, and my upcoming travel schedule.
If I’m already scheduled to come to your
community or campus, you can click here for production notes and
- click here to download a
high resolution photo
- Photo credit to Marilyn Humphries!
Keynote Speeches and Invited
Addresses
National Women’s Studies Association, “Southern
Discomfort” Conference, 11th Annual Labor Arts Conference-Detroit, Second
Annual Activism and the Academy Symposium, Syracuse University, Visiting
Writer, Creative Writing and Social Action Program, California State
University-Monterey Bay, Southern Comfort Conference-Atlanta, “Women Who
Inspire Us: Imagina el Futuro!” Women’s History Week, University of Texas at
San Antonio,
Out/Write: Sixth Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgendered Writers Conference, The Guild
Complex Women Writers Conference-Chicago,
Spinnboden (Lesbian) Archiv-Berlin, Literarische
Colloquium-Berlin, Literatur Haus-Hamburg, Audre
Lorde Legacy Awards-Washington, D.C., University
of Kansas Pride Week-Lawrence, Drake
University-Des Moines, BGLT Awareness Days
University of Pennsylvania, Queer Student
Leadership Summit-Michigan, Poet-in-Residence
Just Buffalo Series-New York, Holloway Poetry
Reading Series University of California-Berkeley,
Greyfriars Living Literature Series-Siena
College, "Debunking the Myth" Series
Dekalb College-Georgia, Grinnell College Pride
Week-Iowa, Feminist Taskforce Breakfast-American
Library Association, National Association of
College Stores-American Booksellers Association,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Women’s
History Month William Paterson College-New
Jersey, Wellesley College, Southern
Region-Association of Women Psychologists
Conference, Poet-in-Residence The Goethe
Institut-Chicago
Readings and Rallies
Lodestar Books-Birmingham, Rubyfruit
Books-Tallahassee, Wild Iris Books-Gainesville,
Sophie Newcomb College-Tulane University, Charis
Book-Atlanta, Kitchen Table: Women of Color
Benefit Reading-Brooklyn, April 27th Mobilization
Benefit Reading-Boston, True Spirit Gender
Conference-Baltimore, New School Students for
Affirmative Actions Rally-New York City, Writers
& Books-Rochester, N.Y., Olean Public
Library-Olean, N.Y., Dixon Place-New York City,
Lambda Literary Award Finalists Reading-Chicago,
North Carolina Pride Weekend Rally-Winston-Salem,
Barrow Street Poetry Series-New York City,
Genderplex at the Puffin Room-New York City
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Go to biography
Vital information for organizers of any speaking
engagement
Go to a few
on-line bios
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