Ernest Posey: 1937-2007, In Memoriam
May 31, 2008
Ernest Posey is an artist and writer, a native of New Orleans, who lived and worked in rural Mendocino County, California. He has shown his paintings and mixed-media works in over two dozen one-man exhibitions. His work is in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Santa Barbara Museum, the Achenbach Collection and numerous private collections. He believes that "in our times, the artist's studio has succeeded the alchemist's laboratory."
Ernest passed away in 2007, and Trebor Healey helped organize a memorial held today in San Francisco. For those who knew Ernest, or who admired his work... but who could not attend this service, the memorial booklet containing a few images of his work, as well as a Beaudelaire poem translated by Ernest.
An exhibit (2006) of some of Ernest's work can be found here at The Quicksilver Mine Co., in Forestville, CA. The story of the Navajo Creation Goddess, Changing Woman, by poet Janine Canan, exquisitely illustrated with contemporary "sand paintings" by Ernest, can be found at Regent Press.
Rest in peace, Ernest, and know that you are missed.
An Interview with Trebor Healey
February, 2007
Award-winning novelist, short story writer, and essayist Trebor Healey talks with Marilyn Pittman about his life as a queer writer. Her show "Out In The Bay" is a weekly half-hour radio show broadcast on NPR affiliate KALW, 91.7 FM and streamed live worldwide on KALW.org Thursdays at 7:30PM, and Sundays at 2:00PM Pacific Time. Click here to listen to the interview (Flash player).
November Updates
November 11th, 2007
Haven't had a lot of time to work on the site this past month, but am pleased to post a poem by the Queer Pinoy writer Regie Cabico... and also a new, powerful piece by Trebor Healey, entitled Soldiers.
Two New Poets
Oct 11th, 2007
It is my pleasure to post a few submissions from a couple of new faces here on qPoetry... from Butch Decatoria, and also from Dan Stone. Enjoy, and I am sure there's a lot more stuff to come from these writers real soon... as I have time to post them!
Four Poets Launched! (into Cyberspace :-)
Sept. 8th, 2007
Okay! I've now added two poems from Trebor Healey, and one from Alvin Orloff... so we're off to a good start! :-) Also one poem from Horehound Stillpoint, and two so far from the gifted writer Antler.
Stay tuned for further updates!
For now, enjoy the poems posted so far...
- dk