Ellen Book on "Artificial Intelligence."
By Connie Goodman-Milone Here is the speech given by Ellen Book, Installation Officer at the June meeting of the South Florida Writers...
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We award FOUR semi-annual grants of $500 each!
One for Publishing and one for marketing, awarded in June and December. Any member can apply!
Winners are selected by random drawing of all applicants for each grant.
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GLADYS A. BARRIO:
AUTHORS SHOWCASE SERIES ON AUG 17, 2024
By Evelyn Benson
ON YOUTUBE
By Evelyn Benson
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Have you considered writing a book as a legacy to preserve your family stories? Or memories of your ancestors and the significance of their journey, aspirations and values? Precious life lessons to inspire future generations?
GLADYS A. BARRIO will show us how at the next Authors Showcase Series - A Virtual Experience on AUGUST 17, 2024 at 6:15 P.M. (EST) when she presents her book, EMPOWERED BY THE DREAM : A JOURNEY OF RESILIENCE.
It’s a story of three generations of the Barrio Castañer family’s emotional and spiritual journey as they struggle through exile, emigration, war, poverty, and love from Europe to the New World.
Dr. Gladys A. Barrio was born in Cuba, raised in Puerto Rico, and now resides in Miami, FL.
She holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Miami and has authored over twenty-five scientific publications. Dr. Barrio served as Executive Director and Science Supervisor for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. She taught Chemistry and Methods of Teaching Science at various universities. A mother of two and grandmother of five, she draws inspiration from family for her writing.
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“It’s my dream to chronicle my grandparents and parents' saga, from the Spanish Civil War to the Cuban exile, highlighting their quest for freedom and cherished values, “ according to author Barrio. “There’s a sense of pride and awe in sharing their extraordinary sacrifices for the dream of a better life. A testament to the power of hope, resilience and the indomitable human spirit.”
Her book is available at Books & Books in Coral Gables https://librerialaberintopr.com,
http://www.bookshop.org, and https://www.amazon.com/Empowered-Dream-Resilience-Gladys-Barrio/dp/B0CXZV8GJK
GLADYS A. BARRIO: SFWA AUTHORS SHOWCASE SERIES ON AUGUST 17, 2024
The Authors Showcase Series – A Virtual Experience is one of several membership benefits of the South Florida Writers Association. The program provides a platform for members to discuss their books on YouTube and develop an audience for literary works. In addition to the video that can be used for marketing, the participating member also gets publicity and various promotional support from volunteers of the association by print, email and social media tools. To view the videos of our Authors Showcase Series, visit SFWA’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcl-Zf1T5TsDZTJtvPyb1Pg
Learn more at http://www.southfloridawriters.org, or contact evelynbenson2@aol.com, about the Authors Showcase Series or SFWA Ca$h Grants for members’ book publishing or marketing projects.
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HAVE YOU VISITED THE LUNAR CODEX SITE YET?
Click on the image below to visit the site and then scroll down.
A MANIFEST FOR THE MOON
The Lunar Codex uses digital and analog technology to preserve art, books, music, and more, enclosed in time capsules and launched to the Moon. It is a message-in-a-bottle to the future.
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Curatorial Notes
The poetry represented in the Lunar Codex began with one volume, Tango Desolado, from the five-volume Semaphore Collection of Dr. Samuel Peralta's poetry. This was owing to a lack of space in the Peregrine Collection.
This grew to include the other four books from the series - the award-winning Sonata Vampirica, Sonnets from the Labrador, How More Beautiful You Are, and War and Ablution - all Amazon bestsellers in poetry. Sonnets from the Labrador was also published in a GOSS183 print edition.
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In late 2021 the Lunar Codex, in cooperation with Brick Street Poetry, launched a call for poems under the editorial leadership of Joyce Brinkman, inaugural poet laureate of Indiana, along with poet and professor Dr. Joe Heithaus of DePauw University and poet and science writer Jessica Reed of Butler University. This call was the basis for the anthology The Polaris Trilogy - the first poetry collection to be originally commissioned for archiving on the Moon.
The Lunar Codex now also includes three volumes from the Best New African Poetry series, and numerous other collections of note.
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* Every poem in each of the books and anthologies listed below is archived in the Codex. Each author listed thus has at least one poetry work represented in the Codex, and often several.
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Featured Speaker: Children's Author Marta Magellan!
​Our next meeting will be on September 7, at the Pinecrest Library 5835 SW 111th Street.
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (But come earlier, at 9:30 for refreshments and mingling.)
Marta Magellan taught Creative Writing, Composition, and Survey of Children’s Literature at Miami Dade College, where she was a full professor and adviser to the award-winning literary arts magazine, Miambiance.
Born in Rio de Janeiro and now living in Miami, her love for nature, reading, and children segued naturally into writing children’s nonfiction picture books.
Her focus is on nature and wildlife conservation both for the educational and trade markets, among them Just Wild Enough: Mireya Mayor, Primatologist (She Made History) also, Bee Catastrophe, and Python Catchers: Saving the Everglades.
Two of her books, Amazing, Misunderstood Bats, and Up, Up, and Away: Monarch Butterflies, have been used by Columbia University to teach reading and several have received honors and awards. She often collaborates with her brother, illustrator Mauro Magellan.
More information can be found on her website:
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Jonathan Rose, Program Director
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