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TIME TO CELEBRATE: THE OFFICIAL CRIES FROM QUARANTINE LAUNCH EVENT

Self-love. Strength. Spoken word. Sisterhood. One year ago, everything changed. I just celebrated my second Covid birthday and hosted a virtual preview to Cries From Quarantine: Poems About Love alongside my dear friends Sho Love, Monica…
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STANZAS IN SPRING: AN EQUINOX CELEBRATION AND CFQ PREVIEW

Stanzas in Spring Join author/spoken word artist Dana N. Anderson and friends for a preview of her poetry ensemble, Cries From Quarantine: Poems About Love. As we mark the spring equinox — and the one-year anniversary of the pandemic…
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Unconditional Love, but Chicago-style

When you talk to a true survivor, thriver and inspirer about the concept of UNCONDITIONAL love expect a GUT CHECK. Cries From Quarantine: Poems About Love's second chapter is Unconditional Love. With May being the month we celebrate mothers…
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These are four of my self-care secrets and now they’re yours too :-)

I'm a self-care is self-love kinda girl. And in the words of Alex Elle, self-care is community care. When you take care of you, the world around you benefits as well. Equally important to me about self-care is that the act of focusing on…
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YOUR MISTAKE IS THE POEM YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU WANTED TO SEE

FROM PAGES OF POETRY TO SPOKEN WORD TO VISUAL STORYTELLING: Your Mistake is here to prove that love poems are more than just sappy sweet stanzas or heartbreak haikus. https://youtu.be/5w_rHH0yIdQ "Your Mistake" produced by Silence for…