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Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
6M ago
Interviewed on Literary Dialogs with Nina Serrano Johanna Ely: “What Still Matters” Johanna Ely, in “What Still Matters,” focuses on her poetry written during the pandemic years. The reader can share in Ely’s sense of loss from the pandemic, but also her heightened appreciation of nature and its beauties. In addition to that, readers can ..read more
Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
9M ago
My guest this month on Literary Dialogs with Nina Serrano is Lea Aschkenas, author of “Arletis, Abuelo and the Message in a Bottle.” My interview is presented in this video and on my monthly radio series. Literary Dialogs features writers and poets who read and discuss their own works. Lea’s book takes place in Cuba ..read more
Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
10M ago
Women and Children in the Soviet Union, 1961 215 pages. Over 300 photos. Print book ISBN 978-1-7344042-0-3 eBook ISBN 978-1-7344042-1-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2020902539 Ordinary Life in the USSR 1961 book tells the story of Harvey and Alice Richards amazing trip to the Soviet Union in the summer of 1961. Their goal was ..read more
Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
11M ago
As a poet, my poetry/poems are journal entries from my heart and my dreams. My poet world encompasses my friends, family, home, community, city, travels, including death, birth, menstruation, menopause, youth, aging, cosmology, seasons, nature and the eternal mysteries of life ..read more
Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
11M ago
Deborah B. Schmidt Poetry on Literary Dialogs with Nina Serrano I discovered Deborah B. Schmidt’s poetry from various zoom poetry readings that I participated in. Each time I was so excited to hear her read her poems. After several encounters, I knew I wanted to record her. Her reading flowed smoothly from one poem to ..read more
Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
1y ago
Ordinary Life in the USSR. 215 pages. Over 300 photos. Ordinary Life in the USSR 1961 tells the story of Harvey and Alice Richards amazing trip to the Soviet Union in the summer of 1961. Their goal was to document the social safety network that existed in the Soviet Union for women and children in ..read more
Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
2y ago
Andres Alegría Interviewed on Literary Dialogs with Nina Serrano I was excited to interview my old friend of many years, prize winning filmmaker, Andres Alegría, about his new film “A Song for Cesar” for La Raza Chronicles on KPFA 94.1 FM radio. Our friendship goes back to Andres’ radio days at KPFA, producing bilingual shows ..read more
Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
2y ago
Lourdes Portillo, International Filmmaker Interviewing Lourdes Portillo was a great pleasure. We are very old friends and played an important role in each other’s lives as co-directors of the prize winning film “After the Earthquake / Despues del terremoto.” Over the years we have kept in contact, with some lapses that lasted years. I wanted ..read more
Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
2y ago
Twelve Poems from Twelve Poets Literary Dialogs with Nina Serrano Celebrates Jack Hirschman It was about 2 weeks before what would have been Jack Hirschman’s 88th birthday (1935-2021) , when we assembled 12 fine poets in a zoom session to celebrate Jack Hirschman. The Poets Poets include Virginia Barrett, John Curl, Dorothy Payne, Jack Foley ..read more
Nina serrano | Art Activist Blog
2y ago
A Mighty Poetic Force Literary Dialogs with Nina Serrano Honoring Jack Hirschman (1933-2021) Maybe because we are only months apart in age, I was shocked at the news that Jack Hirschman had passed. A mighty poetic force was gone. It was hard news to accept. I carried a heavy feeling in my chest for days ..read more