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Asani Charles

About Me

Asani Charles, Choctaw/Chickasaw/African American, began writing poetry, songs, and short stories at an early age. Her mother bathed her in culture and literature, reading Nikki Giovanni to Asani nightly instead of frivolous fairy tales. Inspired by Giovanni and Rita Dove, Asani found a wonderful escape through creating witty poems and quirky stories. She kept writing as her companion through life's experiences, developing her style along the way. A high school English teacher, Asani enjoys teaching writing from the writer's perspective, a method she believes gives students new insight on creativity. Asani defines her style as "eclectically narrative," adding that her childhood immersed in a myriad of cultures often appears in her work and always tells a story. Her work has appeared in several publications including Ahani: Indigenous American Poetry, Yellow Medicine Review, and the forthcoming I was Indian, edited by Susan DeerCloud. Word Songs for Grandmas is her first spoken word cd. Asani asked Darrell Blackbear Sr. of The Bear Claw Singers to join her on a few pieces and found recording "poetry over powwow" both a moving and natural experience. When she is not teaching or writing, Asani tries to save her weekends for dancing Southern Women's Cloth at powwows. She describes competing at the Gathering of Nations Powwow as vivid and humbling. Her dream is to buy an RV and travel the powwow trail from coast to coast with her husband and three children.img src="http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2266/mybanner49fd98562 8a01.jpg"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/18/2008
Band Website: www.geocities.com/danzakar/AsaniCharles
Band Members: Me
Influences: Creator. Mom, Dad, Husband. Nikki Giovanni. Rita Dove.
Sounds Like: stories
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Poets & Writers Magazine

Okay so I'm listed!Poets & Writers Magazine Directory of Writers
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 19:33:00 GMT

For Lovers Every Day

On hearts and trinkets&One heart that beats for meeach day is far moresweet, chocolate, velvetcourting, loving, knowingand deserving of minethan any other fashionedout of paper and red dye.I will meet...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:22:00 GMT

Rejoice in Miracles!

Rejoice in miracles! Strip away the commercialism and reject the lies and global crimes committed using heinous facsimiles of His word and you will find a glorious, awesome story worth believing. Then...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:13:00 GMT

article by Miwa Lyric

One of the most genuine people in the world gave me a great and humbling honor. Keep a watchful eye on Miwa Lyric; her wonderful talents are only superseded by the pureness of her heart. Visit her sit...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:51:00 GMT

Thank Him Everyday

Thank Him for everyday, not just today. Refuse to buy into the propaganda that says if you don't have a house busting spread you are neither thankful nor loved. Remember that while Americans feast, ho...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:46:00 GMT

Logos Veritas

Mama used to say she'd prayed if she'd see the day and then she became a grandma and then he became a grandpa. Grandma used to say she wondered if she'd see the day and then she became a great-gran...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:42:00 GMT

Early Voting in Texas begins tomorrow!!!!

Ignore the polls. They mean nothing. Our blood stained right to vote was stolen twice in the last eight years. Vote early. Wear no political ads or endorsements. Take plenty of identification. Ask que...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:35:00 GMT

what the rain means to me now

Six years ago today a young soul was ripped from the hearts of an entire community. We all felt like we lost a son, brother, grandson, nephew, and you know what, we did.  Yet somehow the rain tod...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:29:00 GMT

Thank you!!!!

I feel so small in all of this and am just so excited to finally be able to do it. A thousand thanks and hugs to Darrell Blackbear from Bear Claw Singers for sharing his time, songs and drum with us. ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:33:00 GMT