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Judy Grahn Quotes
“The common woman is as common
as the best of bread
and will rise
and will become strong
I swear it to you.
I swear it to you
on my own head….
I swear it to you
on my common
woman’s
head.”
--The Common Woman Poems
“Everyone wants love
to be his own
to be her own.
Everyone wants Love
to follow them
down their road,
but where is it that Love
wants to go?”
--The Queen of Swords
“All blood is menstrual blood.”
--Blood, Bread, and Roses
“Wherever our own meat
hangs on our own bones
for our own use
your pot is so empty
Death, ho Death,
You shall be poor.”
--A Woman Is Talking to Death
“Am I not elder
berry brandy?
Are you not wine
before you find me
in your own beaker?”
--She Who
“Butch on the streets,
Femme between the sheets”
“Persistence wins out over
luck, silver spoon, and magic.”
“Eleanor Roosevelt said,
‘It is better
to light a single candle
than to curse the dark.’
But I say I would rather
uncurse the dark.”
“What you will do matters.
All you need is to do it.”
| Events Upcoming in 2008:
OPENING FOR ANI DIFRANCO
WEST COAST TOUR
APRIL 5-23
WITH ANIMAL PRUFROCK AND
ANNE CAROL
"Metaforming Live!"
See Righteous Babe WEB site for location
and tickets
Portland concert has sold out
California:
Los Angeles April 5
Santa Barbara April 6
San Francisco April 8
Santa Rosa April 11
Chico April 12
Redding April 13
Nevada:
Reno April 10
Oregon:
Medford April 15
Eugene April 16
Portland April 18
Washington:
Spokane April 19
Seattle April 23
British Columbia:
Vancouver April 21
Victoria April 22
JUDY'S POETRY IN DANCE PRODUCTION
Choreographer Anne Bluethenthal's New Production:
Carinyo: Economy of the Heart
A beautiful production featuring dance, two of Judy's poems,
music by Melanie DeMore and Mama Coatl, visual art work,
and performances by Oasis for Girls
March 21-23 and March 27-29
Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco
www.brownpapertickets.com or call 800 838-3006
Tickets also available at Modern Times Bookstore
Friday performance is pay what you can
Judy Reading in Santa Rosa with Nickole Brown
Wordtemple Poetry Series, Santa Rosa, April 4, 2008
Recent past:
SISTER COMRADE: A Celebration of the Lives of Pat Parker and Audre Lorde, with Angela Davis, Judy Grahn, Jewelle Gomez, Cherrie Moraga, Linda Tillery, Mary Watkins, Melanie DeMoore, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Clare Coss, Holly Near, Carolyn Brandy and others. Oakland, Ca. Nov 3, 2007.
“The Power of Women’s Blood,” powerpoint presentation for “Goddess Is Alive!” series at Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, September, 2007.
Judy Grahn Conferencia, “Women’s Blood of Life,” Santiago, Chile, and workshop for “La Encuentra” in Andes Mountains, Chile, presenting Metaformic Theory, January, 2007
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