East Coast bilingual poets
“In Two Tongues/En Dos Lenguas: Bilingual Spoken Word.” Emerging poets (or student poets) living in the Mid-Atlantic region sought for a new reading series to begin this Spring in Arlington. Each...
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Dear Urbana Slam Poets and Bowery Poetry Club
i’m a fucking poet, not a piece of ass you fucking fuck Originally uploaded by Liz Henry. Dear “Big Mike”… at the Bowery Poetry Club… Fuck right off. No I will not take off my shirt or show you my ass...
View ArticleSXSWi impressions
All important communication happens on Twitter. Hanging out at Little City checking my email on the street with a tall iced chai. The guys at the table next to me had a blog which explained how to...
View ArticleVancouver hackathon tomorrow
I’ve been having a blast with my co-workers from Socialtext in Vancouver for our hackathon week. I’ve worked, had fun, and gone to a zillion meetings, wheeled around a bit of downtown Vancouver. Last...
View ArticleI am not The Wheelchair: Air travel and disability
written on the plane, the other day When I enter an airport I’m in hostile territory. Dread and courage fill me. In addition to the dehumanization everyone around me is about to experience, the...
View ArticleWhy is airline travel so brutal for disabled people?
Here’s a little bit about my day today and then some thoughts on airports and disability. But my short answer to the question in my title is that U.S. airlines do not even try to comply with the U.S....
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Warm Water Cove and Pier 70
Today’s random expedition led me to Potrero Point and Warm Water Cove, a tiny, gritty park one step above a vacant lot in an industrial wasteland. It’s a vacant lot in an industrial wasteland with a...
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On the road in search of olive tea towels and bits of granite
Yesterday we drove up I-5 to Grant’s Pass. Here’s all the things I noticed and enjoyed. Coming up 505 there were lots of flooded fields that I thought might be growing rice. I fell in love with the...
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Very small adventures
This morning I had a Very Small Adventure, which is a little like a Very Small Epiphany. I’ve looked for Very Small Adventures for ages but only just now named this practice – it deserves a name! A VSA...
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What I did on my Portlandia vacation
Hello from SUNNY PORTLAND! It’s gorgeous here. I’m enjoying scootering all over town, seeing friends, eating delicious food and loafing around with Danny. I spent Friday with Selena and her awesome...
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Accessibility at the beach in Tulum and Akumal
I just got back from a fabulous vacation in Quintana Roo. We stayed in Tulum, in a small, funky, beachfront hotel zone, and then in Akumal. There is a lot to say about the trip but first of all, here...
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Hooray vacation! Goodbye shingles
I’m in Akumal (again) and it’s amazing! Last night the kids and I were lying in shallow water looking up at the Milky Way! I saw Cygnus and a shooting star (Thanks Perseids! Perfect timing!). I can...
View ArticleEast Coast bilingual poets
“In Two Tongues/En Dos Lenguas: Bilingual Spoken Word.” Emerging poets (or student poets) living in the Mid-Atlantic region sought for a new reading series to begin this Spring in Arlington. Each...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear Urbana Slam Poets and Bowery Poetry Club
i’m a fucking poet, not a piece of ass you fucking fuck Originally uploaded by Liz Henry. Dear “Big Mike”… at the Bowery Poetry Club… Fuck right off. No I will not take off my shirt or show you my ass...
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