Employment – AMY KING

Diversity and Pay Equity in Publishing: The Importance of Industry Surveys and Activism

Developing the conversation on issues of diversity and pay equity is crucial today, especially in the publishing industry, which employs a large number of women and publishes books and articles for broad and diverse audiences. Four influential voices within the literary world will discuss the necessity of analyzing and documenting the make-up of the workforce,…

AWP – Denver, Colorado Schedule

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 7:00PM-10:00PM Dusie Pussipo Stonecoast Femiganza Location: at Packing House Center for the Arts, 835 E. 50th Ave. Denver, CO 80216 Cost: FREE! Everybody welcome! Website: http://controlgroupproductions.org/ Featuring: Bronwen Tate, Ann Bogle, Jennifer Karmin, Marthe Reed, Annie Finch, Amy King, Cara Benson, Mackenzie Carignan, Danielle Pafunda, Deborah Poe, Ana Bozicevic, Teresa Carmody,…

Fear or Disinterest? The powers that be…

Ever Hear of “The Family”? Get Ready… Fear or disinterest? The powers that be don’t care why we don’t discuss how our oppressions work together to isolate us while sustaining their power and positions, so long as we don’t turn our attentions to them and their puppetry. Why should you get mixed up in the…

Stay Tuned …

End-of-semester work has piled up! More to come … ~~~~ In the meantime, please enjoy a list of online journal sites suggested by WOMPO members! WOM-PO best online journals: Americana: A Journal of Popular Culture (http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/index.htm) Anti (http://anti-poetry.com) Big Bridge http://www.bigbridge.org/index2.htm Blackbird http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v1n1/poetry.htm BlazeVOX http://www.blazevox.org Born Magazine http://www.bornmagazine.org/ Coal Hill Review (January 2009) Cortland Review…

“Gay For a Day”

In spite of the dreary economy, LGBT people are being encouraged to raise awareness of their rights and impact in the country by calling in “gay” to work this week, closing down their businesses, refraining from shopping, and instead doing volunteer work. The action, dubbed “Day Without A Gay,” is set for Wednesday, December 10…

Women Against Sarah Palin?

I’m not fond of this awesome blog’s name, “Women Against Sarah Palin,” (wish it were “People Against McCain’s Camp,” though that wouldn’t draw as much attention), but I *am* down with the sentiment behind the naming: Just because McCain picked a female running-mate doesn’t instantly mean women will blindly vote for her. Palin’s got some…

Another One Bites the Dust

That is, another fellow city dweller, poet and Tarpaulin Sky publisher, Christian Peet, jumped the ship of Brooklyn long before I did for gorgeous Vermont and has recently taken up the rickshaw as a means of fighting big oil and making a nickel here and there for supplies. A note from his site, “My best…

soup of the day

is the akron/family on rye. no flies, no lies. only glass surrounding our space.

AMY KING

Category: Employment