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Hello! We've extended our deadline to December 1st. Story specs: five pages written, ten minutes audio/video. Prizes include review by panel of authors, activists, and actors, signed copies of books, cash, and publication in an anthology of Native resilience. The link is here:
Tribes submissions are open.
Naomi Brown Sabeha Robinson I began writingA response to the discussion about Calvin’s name on the handkerchiefs. The handks are absolutely beautiful . Sara really outdid herself in the ex*****on of her design on them. I can understand why Sara felt it was important to use Calvin’s given name because of us continued to call him Calvin. We should remember, however that Steve Cannon was the one who left a lasting impact on the literary world from the sixties and beyond. Hebegan using the pseudonym ‘Steve’ early in that period. His first novel, Groove, Bang and Jive was published in 1969 and the reprints by, author,Steve Cannon are still available. In 1971 and 1972, he published two children’s books, What I Like To Do and Kirk’s New House authored by Steve Cannon. These are the only publications that I am aware that bear the name Calvin Cannon. Over the next fifty or more years , Steve has made his greatest impact on the literary world by his books, , poetry, essays and other writings. His influence in the development of young writers by his teaching, mentoring, and encouragement of these young people who Jane shown that they are eternally grateful. It was as Steve Cannon that he and Ishmael Reed establishes a printing company to offer services to writers who need an outlet for publication of their work. It was Steve Cannon who was slowly losing his sight from gloucoma who had the foresight to become the founder and publisher of the magazine,A Gathering of the Tribes, as a multicultural art and literary publication. The magazine is still a viable publication which showcases the work, Not only of established artists and writers, but also of up and coming new talents. This shows the world what a visionary Steve Cannon was. Tribes is alive and kicking and at his death, even though he was totally blind still was the editor in chief who remained aware of all items included in the publication. Steve Cannon was the only blind owner and operator of an art gallery in the United States and possibly in the world. Steve Cannon and the Tribes magazine were the recipients of many local, national and international awards, the latest was Steve Cannon’s receiving the Barnes and Nobles Writers for Writers award( December, 2018) Steve has beer presenter at conferences in the USA and overseas including in Paris. He continued to engage in lively discussions in his home , with its open door policy and elsewhere. Steve continued to have a keen sense of humor as well as a brilliant mind , always ready to engage in verbal gymnastics anywhere with anybody.Remember, these were the achievements of Steve Cannon, not of Calvin Cannon. Even in death, Steve Cannon was remembered as a writer, patron of the arts,champion of the Lower Easf Side, and vision multiculturist is the way he is described in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune , Biloxi Sun, Stamford Advocate, the Associated Press, etc and in other newspapers from Connecticut to Montana and throughout the United States. All described Steve Cannon but none mentions Calvin. .His friends,peers, associates, all know Steve Cannon butit would be rare to find one who knew Calvin. The Blind Professor of the Lower East Side or the Emperor of the East Village is Steve Cannon. This is just something to think about. I know that it is too late to change anything but I thought that Iwould put my two cents in anyway. Steve Cannon lives....on the Lower East Side.Calvin Cannon May have passed through but he did not stay.
This Friday at Taller Boricua! Come thru and celebrate the publication of Women of Eve's Garden (A Tribes Gallery Fly by Night Publication), and hear some exceptional poets.
Free Reception and Reading! Anthology will be on sale!
A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES
Steve Cannon the Director of the organization
is looking for an office assistant.
2 hours a day
male or female
Paid at $15 an hour.
Address: 745 E 6th St, New York, NY 10009
Phone: (212) 777-2038
A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES, Volume 4, Number 1, 1994, page 51, A. Gajić (Sarajevo)
Congratulations to my friend Nancy Mercado for winning an American Book Award Lifetime Achievement Prize. Nicely done and well deserved.
Debut novelist among winners of American Book Awards
Debut novelist Yaa Gyasi and longtime author-activist Nancy Mercado are among this year’s winners of American Book Awards for contributions to diversity in American literature.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM
