Just watched this powerful documentary about Pinki and providing surgeries for cleft lip. You can watch the entire documentary below...
Smile Pinki from asg on Vimeo.
Smile Pinki from asg on Vimeo.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Adoption
Here is a link to our adoption blog, where you can read all about our adoption journey:
http://ourindiansparrow.blogspot.com/
http://ourindiansparrow.blogspot.com/
A New Light in Kalighat
Of all the amazing things that happened in my time in Kolkata, without a doubt the best was getting to work with the kids served by New Light, an organization that works with the children of sex workers and Dalit children in the Kalighat district.
Here is the e-book version of a book project that Breanna Reynolds and I had the great fortune to complete. Check it out and learn about these great kids, about New Light, and about Kalighat.
Here is the e-book version of a book project that Breanna Reynolds and I had the great fortune to complete. Check it out and learn about these great kids, about New Light, and about Kalighat.
India, among other things
Time for the semi-annual blog post. Perhaps I can make this more regular.
Much has happened since my last post, really much of it in 2012. I spent a life-transforming summer in Kolkata, traveled several other places, including New York, and watched a childhood icon, Big Tex, burn to the ground. Needless to say, it was an incredible year personally and artistically for me. While my poetry career seemed poised to take off, but fell just short of the book contract, my photography got a huge boost. In my next post, I'll add a link to an e-book version of a project I was able to undertake with Breanna Reynolds while in Kolkata.
For now, here are some of my favorite photos from last year:
Much has happened since my last post, really much of it in 2012. I spent a life-transforming summer in Kolkata, traveled several other places, including New York, and watched a childhood icon, Big Tex, burn to the ground. Needless to say, it was an incredible year personally and artistically for me. While my poetry career seemed poised to take off, but fell just short of the book contract, my photography got a huge boost. In my next post, I'll add a link to an e-book version of a project I was able to undertake with Breanna Reynolds while in Kolkata.
For now, here are some of my favorite photos from last year:
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Monday, June 25, 2012
Bloody Loser
And the winner of the 2012 Write Bloody Publishing contest is...
...not me.
My video was viewed an incredible 13,000+ times (how many poems this year have been read / heard that many times!?), and it gathered 311 "like" / votes, ranking it 3rd place in votes. Ultimately, I guess my manuscript didn't impress enough, though.
I do want to thank Write Bloody and offer a sincere congrats to Aaron Samuels, Miles Walser, Khary Jackson, and Jason Bayani. Write Bloody is an incredible press, one of the most foward-thinking presses out there. They seem to have a very supportive and close relationship with their authors, and their authors seem to have that kind of relationship with each other. Just as much as I'm sorry I won't get to publish my book, I'm sorry I won't get to be a part of that community. Finding a way to get my poems out there is indeed seeming more elusive.
I'm taking the summer and my time in India to reflect on what might come next. For now, I can't get this out of my mind:
...not me.
My video was viewed an incredible 13,000+ times (how many poems this year have been read / heard that many times!?), and it gathered 311 "like" / votes, ranking it 3rd place in votes. Ultimately, I guess my manuscript didn't impress enough, though.
I do want to thank Write Bloody and offer a sincere congrats to Aaron Samuels, Miles Walser, Khary Jackson, and Jason Bayani. Write Bloody is an incredible press, one of the most foward-thinking presses out there. They seem to have a very supportive and close relationship with their authors, and their authors seem to have that kind of relationship with each other. Just as much as I'm sorry I won't get to publish my book, I'm sorry I won't get to be a part of that community. Finding a way to get my poems out there is indeed seeming more elusive.
I'm taking the summer and my time in India to reflect on what might come next. For now, I can't get this out of my mind:
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