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"An Oral Tradition In Print"
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Roxbury aka "The Bury", MASSACHUSETTS
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Last Login: 6/11/2008
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| General | Well written poetry, prose, transcriptions of storytelling and solo performance works, great novels... | | Music | Of Course | | Movies | Sure | | Television | Background Noize | | Books | 
From Talking Drum Press Available February 2, 2007: Directly from TALKING DRUM PRESS; at Amazon.com; or Order it At Your Favorite Book Store!!! A Mixed Medicine Bag, Original
Black Wampanoag Folklore, by Mwalim *7) (Second Edition) (ISBN 978-0-9662428-1-2, Paperback $15.00 USA/ $21.00 Canada, 156 pages)
BOSTON, MA – Talking Drum Press is proud to announce our return to the publishing world with the release of A Mixed Medicine Bag, Original Black Wampanoag Folklore by Mwalim *7) (Second Edition) on February 2, 2007 (ISBN 978-0-9662428-1-2, Paperback $15.00 USA/ $21.00 Canada, 156 pages).
How did the turtle get its shell? How does one become a millionaire? Why do roosters crow at the sun? Where do Backwoods people come from? Open A Mixed Medicine Bag and you just may find the answers, in this witty and entertaining collection of verbal-to-literary jazz, funk'n folklore.
Originally released as a chapbook of seven stories in 1998, this edition A Mixed Medicine Bag contains 15 original Black Wampanoag folk-tales taken from the award-winning storytelling performances of Mwalim *7); one of the contemporary masters of the oral tradition.
Drawing from his Eastern Native American, West Indian, and African American storytelling traditions, Mwalim *7) has shared his original lore with audiences at powwows, festivals, colleges, churches, community centers, schools, theatres, jails, street corners, night clubs, and coffeehouses throughout the USA and Canada for over eighteen years.
| | Heroes | Oscar Micheaux, William Apess, Haki R Madhubuti, Frederick Douglass, David Walker, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Johnson... |
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Writing and poetry exposed to agents and publishers (for serious writers and poets), Creative Outreach, The New Creative Outreach Group: A True Artist Group, WRHAMMONS.COM's Authors Who Want to Find a Literary Agent and Get Their Book Published, Edit Red Writers, writers, publishers, booksellers, and all the marketing help we can get., Writers and Publishers Connect, Book Contest
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking | | Ethnicity: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Libra | | Education: | Grad / professional school | | Income: | $150,000 to $250,000 |
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TALKING DRUM PRESS is a not-for-profit small press, formed in 1997 and dedicated to publishing high quality works of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and other works originating in the oral tradition and as spoken-word performance.
A Marketing Director and a seven member Editorial Board, comprised of writers and spoken-word artists from around the country, facilitate Talking Drum Press. Submission of manuscripts is by invitation only. Works are selected for publication by consensus of the board.
The goals of Talking Drum Press are to publish high quality books that preserve, and promote the cultural contributions of outstanding artists and writers; and bridge the gap between oral and literary traditions. Talking Drum Press is based in Roxbury (Boston), Massachusetts, with satellites in Atlanta, GA and Brooklyn, NY.
Talking Drum Press books may be ordered from these distributors on a returnable basis:
A & B Distributors 877-542-6657
Afrikan World Book Distributors 410-383-2006
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Talking Drum Press, LTD
P.O. Box 190028
Roxbury, MA 02119
talkingdrumpress@gmail.com
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