Teresa Jade LeYung's BLOG » United States http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog Story Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung on Wellness, Themes, Archetypes - Love Made Of Heart ® Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:12:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 POETATHON “WAKE-UP AMERICA!” with Black Arts Movement Historian Kim McMillon and 13 Poets, Part 1 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/poetathon-wake-up-america-with-black-arts-movement-historian-kim-mcmillon-and-13-poets-part-1/ http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/poetathon-wake-up-america-with-black-arts-movement-historian-kim-mcmillon-and-13-poets-part-1/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2020 03:15:55 +0000 admin http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=9075

Sunday, June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST

via ZOOM and via FACEBOOK LIVE!

KIM MCMILLON’s

“WAKE-UP AMERICA!” Part 1

POETATHON

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Line-Up of POETS on June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST

Kim McMillon

John Curl

Rafael J. Gonzalez

Peggy Morrison

Raymond Nat Turner

Zigi Lowenberg

Wanda Sabir

Jose Hector Cadena

Eugene Redmond

Iris De Anda

Sonia Gutierrez

Genny Lim

Avotcja

Kathryn Takara

Kim McMillon, Ph.D. World Cultures emphasis on Black Arts Movement and African American Literature; President of the UC Merced African Diaspora Student Association

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Kim McMillon, Ph.D. in World Cultures (with an emphasis on the Black Arts Movement and African American Literature)!  Historian! Activist!  Historian!  Educator!  Poet!  Playwright!  Performer!  Book Author!
 1.  Why do you believe the issue of racism is important?

2. Do you believe the individual can make a difference in a racist society?

3.  Have you ever been confronted with racism and how did you handle it?

4.  What do you tell your children about racism in the United States today?

5.  Do you believe it is possible to understand racial oppression if you are not a person of color?

6.  The title of the Poetathon is “Wake-Up America.”  What do you see America needing to Wake-Up from?

On June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST, I, Teresa Jade LeYung, shall be in the audience listening to Kim McMillon, Ph.D. and her fellow poets.

Sincerely,

author Teresa Jade LeYung, mask by Emily O, June 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

 

Love Made Of Heart ®
Teresa Jade LeYung, American naturalized citizen of Chinese ancestry, is a manuscript-theme consultant, author of Love Made Of Heart (archived at the San Francisco History Center), Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days, and Talking To My Dead Mom monologues, and, an advocate for public libraries and public schools. http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/
]]> http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/poetathon-wake-up-america-with-black-arts-movement-historian-kim-mcmillon-and-13-poets-part-1/feed/ 1 How a Book Gets to be in a Special Collection at the Boston Public Library http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/how-a-book-gets-to-be-in-a-special-collection-at-the-boston-public-library/ http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/how-a-book-gets-to-be-in-a-special-collection-at-the-boston-public-library/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:29:14 +0000 admin http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1361 How a Book Gets to be in a Special Collection at the Boston Public Library

I’m a member of Women’s National Book Association–San Francisco Chapter.

When Laurie Beckelman was national president of Women’s National Book Association, she coordinated with the Boston Public Library to create a WNBA Collection. Thank you, Laurie!  Thank you, everyone at the Boston Public Library!

Love Made of Heart at Boston Public Library Central Branch

My dear sister was in Boston and guess what she did?  She visited the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library and took photos of my novel Love Made of Heart proudly shelved. Thanks, Sis!

Maria reading Love Made of Heart at Boston Public Library Central Branch

Sincerely,

Teresa LeYung Ryan

Chinese American author who writes for and about modern courageous women unbeknownst to themselves.

As an author I use my novel Love Made of Heart to encourage adult-children of mentally-ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas that their parents suffer.
Love Made of Heart is:
• recommended by the California School Library Association and the California Reading Association
• used in Advanced Composition English-as-a-Second-Language classes
• archived at the San Francisco History Center

Love Made of Heart is in  97 public libraries (84 branches in the United States, 2 branches in the United Kingdom , 9 branches in New Zeland; 1 branch in Austrialia, 1 branch in Singapore).

http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0758202172

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