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Kiini Ibura Salaam is a writer, painter, and traveler from New Orleans, Louisiana. The middle child of five, she grew up in a hardscrabble neighborhood with oak and fig trees, locusts and mosquitoes, cousins and neighbors. Kiini's work delves into spheres of human liberation, human connection, and evolution. She employs speculative fiction, erotica, and creative nonfiction to take readers through mind-bending journeys into the transcendent, the sensual, the mystical, and the fantastic.
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BlogKIS.listAmazon fish // Aquarium // Cubans in Mexico // Culture // Mexico // pinatas // Race // rejections // ruins // travel
Vol. 47, In Mexico: Vera Cruz
Posted on 10 March 2005
Vera Cruz, Mexico I am on my first writing trip ever since my daughter’s birth two years ago. I am proud to say I have been able to maintain my “schedule” of leaving NYC for the winter every other year even as a mom. I will be in Mexico for three months, but I am… »
BlogKIS.listadvice // artist life // ego // how to keep going // inspiration // rejection/acceptance o'meter // rejections // staying committed // staying inspired // struggles // what is art
Vol. 38, Crisis of Faith
Posted on 4 December 2003
New York Recently three people close to me were going through crises of faith. I believe crises of faith are intrinsic to artistic (and human) growth. Usually, a crisis is brought on when something is not the way we expected it to be. Your friend or partner shows her/himself to be completely different from who… »
BlogKIS.listAsian American Writers Workshop // cassandra wilson // chapbooks // Ishle Yi Park // publishing // rejections // self confidence
Vol. 33, Chapbooks: Feeding Your Writer Self
Posted on 6 May 2003
Brooklyn, NY I recently did a reading from Colonize This! at the Asian American Writers Workshop. The Asian American Writers Workshop is a wonderful place. It seemed to be thrumming with literary and community energy. There were: 1000 origami swans soaring across the walls and ceiling; names of Asian American writers affixed to the wall;… »
BlogKIS.listfaith // KIS.list // rejections // the writing life // writing // writing struggles
Vol. 27, Writing is Fighting
Posted on 6 September 2002
Novelists for Life Cybergroup Cyberspace On my novelists e-group, we are always discussing writing. The processes of writing, the challenges, the failures and successes, what scares us about it, how we triumphed over an obstacle or a block. During one of our discussions on writing, a member of the list, Angel Shannon wrote: ishmael reed… »
BlogKIS.listboat ride // Brazil // Cachoeira // culture conflict // fellowships // grants // gringa // gringo // Ilha dos Frados // language // Race // rejections // tourism // tourist // travel
Vol. 23, In Brazil: Being a Tourist
Posted on 9 April 2002
Salvador, Bahia Brazil There are elements of being a tourist that—assuming you feel comfortable with the country and the language—can be fun. I don’t mind being ignorant, asking questions, getting lost. But there’s a certain type of tourist I’m not. I don’t like prepackaged tours. I’m not that deep into seeing the sights. After while,… »