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"Where Verse becomes a Learning Lesson," Join Hip Hop Jazz Poet, A K Toney Host of the Reading Is Poetry Review as we share libations for your listening pleasure... Spoken word cuts tonight!!

Writers’ Sanctuary Presents 2012, What Does it Mean? Numerologically & Spiritual ally Hosted by Kim McMillon Monday, December 7, 2009, 12 noon – 1:30 PM, PST http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/page/3 Writers’ Sanctuary is sponsored by the Moe Green Poetry Hour (San Francisco, CA), December 4, 2009 --- Writers’ Sanctuary presents “2012, What Does It Mean, Numerologically & Spiritually,” on Monday, December 7, 12 noon – 1:30 PM, PST. Guests include Dr. Richard Presser, and numerologist Sally Faubion. Trained as an engineer, Dr. Richard Presser has worked mainly in sales, marketing and general management in the IT industry. About 15 years ago, he suddenly realized that all the success in the outer world he had been building did nothing for the void he felt inside himself, a void he hadn’t acknowledged was there until he realized he had been trying and failing to fill it. So began his spiritual journey, a journey that seemed to have no answers and no end, a journey upon which everything he touched seemed to turn to dust - until early 2007, when the pieces of the puzzle began to come together as he connected with the conference calls of Carolyn Evers. Richard and Carolyn have come to understand that they have worked together over many lifetimes, work which this time is deeply connected to helping humanity prepare for what awaits at the end of 2012. He was guided/inspired to write an e-book entitled “The Coming Golden Age and How to Prepare for it”, which aims to awaken others to the lifting up of human consciousness that is on our doorstep at the end of 2012, referred to by many as Ascension. Since beginning to work with Carolyn, Richard has begun to awaken many of his skills, including his own channeling ability.

Join Rafael & Brett-Candace as they talk to Douglas Kearney bout his new book The Black Automaton Winner of the National Poetry Series Douglas Kearney is an L.A.-based poet, performer and teacher. His poetry has appeared in journals including Callaloo, Gulf Coast, nocturnes and jubilat; and anthologies, including Bum Rush the Page, Role Call, the award-winning Dark Matter: Reading the Bones and the upcoming Saints of Hysteria. He has written/performed for audio recordings and television and has been a featured performer across the country, including the New York Public Theater, Minneapolis’ Orpheum, L.A.’s World Stage and has received commissions from the Weisman Art Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem to create poetry in response to art installations. He has exhibited InJury, a series combining poetry and image, at the 2005 Afro-Geek Conference at UC Santa Barbara. He has also designed a number of poetry books ranging from chapbooks to anthologies. His libretto work has earned collaborations with John Duykers, Grisha Coleman, Erling Wold, Eisa Davis and Anne LeBaron, for whom he assistant-directed the premiere of Wet. Kearney received an MFA from CalArts where he currently teaches African American Studies/Poetics. He was named a notable New American Poet by the Poetry Society of America in 2007. His first full-length collection, Fear, Some (Red Hen Press) is available From ambivalent animals thriving after Katrina to party chants echoing in a burning city, The Black Automaton troubles rubble, cobbling a kind of life. In this collection bodies at risk seek renewal through violence and fertility, history and myth, flesh and radios.

Join Alaina as she chats with Joey Edmonds. Joey is the author of FUN with "Fears & Phobias". http://www.joeyedmonds.com

Join Rachelle As she talks to Ellen Hagan Ellen Hagan is a writer, performer, and educator. Her poetry and essays have appeared in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. Ellen’s performance work has been showcased at the New York International Fringe and Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival, among others. She has received grants from The Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, The Kentucky Foundation for Women, and held residencies at Hopscotch House and Louisiana ArtWorks. Ellen holds a B.F.A in Theater from TheUniversity of Kentucky and an M.F.A. in Fiction from The New School University in New York. A proud Kentucky writer, she is member of the Affrilachian Poets, Conjwomen, and co-founder of the girlstory collective. Crowned is her debut collection of poems.

Writers’ Sanctuary Presents Elimination of Violence towards Women and Girls: “They are all our daughters!” Hosted by Kim McMillon Tuesday, December 1st, 12 noon – 2 PM, PST (Oakland, CA), November 26, 2009 --- On November 25, 2009, the UN kicked-off 16 days of action for the elimination of violence towards women and girls, globally. Bay Area musician and healer MamaCoAtl, an “Artivist” has gathered a collation of local arts and human rights groups to take part in this global project. Mama CoAtl, who first initiated this observance in the USA five years ago, said, “This significant day has been marked internationally since 1999. But, in 2004 in San Francisco, a few friends and myself first began the commemoration with simple prayers at the Mission St, BART station for a societal healing of violence.” On Tuesday, December 1st from 12 PM – 2PM, Writers’ Sanctuary host Kim McMillon will interview MamaCoAtl, Maria Ochoa, the editor of the anthology, Shout Out: Women Of Color Against Violence, and two of the contributors, Teresa Pedrizco Romero, and Jackie Joice. MamaCoAtl has a varied stage persona, from revolutionary to Earth Mother, a performer unafraid to sing and speak about turbulent times. Comfortable in the art of performance, she curates “happenings” to bring beauty and a sense of sacredness to theaters, public spaces, and the heart. She sings for those humans rendered invisible in dominator culture; for the campesinas, the maquiladoras, and the silenced majorities. Her art is an invitation to healing our earth, to renewing our human spirit. Her album Border Crossing Diosa is a historical document of poetry, prayer and protest. MamaCoAtl, is a healer, and holds an MFA in Creative Inquiry from New College of San Francisco. María Ochoa, PhD, is a writer who teaches at San José State University in the Department of Social Science/Women’s Studies Program. Recent publications include the books Voices of Russell City: