Amy - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am a freelance writer,editor and publicist of mixed heritage(African-American,Bajan,Native,Hungarian).
My latest project is a full length play,based on a Jim Crow/Civil Rights timeline.It is slated to be produced in the near future in the Pittsburgh PA region - it is my first play, and I am thrilled about this opportunity to explore a different genre!
I also represent poet/journalist Marcie Eanes of Wisconsin among other clients.
In addition to some of my other freelance projects, I have recently joined forces with the talented music industry specialist and journalist /Renaissance woman par excellence, Lyric LaCelie; between us are about 30 years of industry,press,writing experience or some combination thereof from the East Coast to Hollywood!
Together we are promoting independent artists from the UK and beyond from her main site"I Am The Real Lyric"(located on my front page)and the UK Featured Artists Site(myspace.com/lyricuk)from which selected artists are featured and heavily promoted to our arsenal of contacts for two weeks!
Please visit our respective website to learn more- always looking for new talent( we work for results, be they more press,record co.interviews,or whatever)- drop us a line!
Join us now in LYRIC/AMY U.K. Featured Artists Studio!
I am also a board member of Media Tank, a media reform/justice literacy organization based in Philadelphia, dedicated to public education about how the media works and how we can take back ownership, and best use and improve it to promote and sustain the issues and causes that really matter in this world.
Beyond comparison - The Duke of Ellington
Going through a very rough patch - this song has always given me strength..
Mahalia Jackson.... God Will Take Care of You

My Interests

Civic and political discourse, non-fiction and poetry, walking, traveling,writing and helping others-despite my serious pursuits, I have a strong sense of humor and like to laugh with others who have the same!

I'd like to meet:

Other writers,editors,poets,music enthusiasts, jazz,classical,world and progressive rock in particular- dog,cat and bird lovers, and people who are civically engaged with the world- change agents,not whiners!

Jon Anderson - "Sooner" ( written in collaboration with my awesome friend John Young!)

I LOVE puffins!

We Are The Ones

Take a look at the men who are supporting Obama!

Music:

Favorite artists include: Stevie Wonder, and so many others that I would hve to change this profile section twice a day- so let's leave it at that! :) I can ,however, say that the genres I enjoy most are: jazz, classic and progressive rock,classical, world and folk - all the music that surrounded me in my childhood, basically! :)

Movies:

If any, they are likely to be classics from the 40's to early 70's, with a few more recent thrown in, but they arent really a passion of mine...I enjoy live theater better....

Television:

C-Span!!!!!!!!!!!

Books:

Biographies,non-fiction,poetry and self improvement books for the most part....My favorite poets are Langston Hughes,Robert Frost, Keats,Wordsworth, and basically all the Harlem Renaissance artists and musicians

Heroes:

All my ancestors and elders who survived the Middle Passage,slavery,Jim Crow and tyranny in Eastern Europe,my mother, my three children and my grandson, Martin and Coretta Scott King, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Jimmy Carter, James Baldwin, and my late father, who picked up his first picket sign at age 12

My Blog

Russert - a true professional,patroit and man

There is a great void in the news business and the world with the sudden passing of Tim Russert today.Reporters can come and go with little impact, but he was not one of them; he was one of the most u...
Posted by Amy on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:39:00 PST

I Won't Complain - in honor of Barack Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBZrVqd0ahQ a song for all seasons in the African American community - we are all so proud!...
Posted by Amy on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:57:00 PST

freedom coda - a poem

freedom coda For over 400 years, a people longed and dreamt of being recognized as the strong, intelligent, capable people they knew they were. in faith, for something they couldn't see or touch. they...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:35:00 PST

Liz Trotter and Fox News Jokes About Killing Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ygOXkuz7tk This is both outrageous and illegal; any causal citzen would be able to discern that threatening a government official who is under the protection ...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 27 May 2008 12:46:00 PST

an observation- the absence of imagination

There is a dearth of imagination in the Western world today. People have become content to let others, the self appointed "experts", pre-digest information into bite sized pieces of triviality; r...
Posted by Amy on Sun, 25 May 2008 12:18:00 PST

All personal growth involves change - repost from Leon (thanks!)

Personal growth is the process of responding positively to change.It involves risk as you step from the known to the unknown.All your growth will depend on your activity.Your strength and growth will ...
Posted by Amy on Wed, 07 May 2008 07:19:00 PST

Support UNICEF in Myanmar

From the UNICEF website: Support UNICEF in Myanmar You can make a difference for children. The most effective way to support the vulnerable children who UNICEF Myanmar works for is through monetary d...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:59:00 PST

forty more in memory of Dr. King and all freedom fighters

forty more in memory of Dr. King and all freedom fighters Injustice toPain to hope toAction to change toChallengeto fear toEliminationto fury toFlameto tears toTears extinguishing flameto discourage...
Posted by Amy on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:57:00 PST

Easter shalom dear friends - Love bade me welcome

Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-ey’d Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning If I lack&rsqu...
Posted by Amy on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:20:00 PST

the valentine box- a memory

Back in the 1960's, I faced the dreaded Valentine delivery box every February 14th, a staple in every American classroom at the time. It was usually a cardboard box, with construction paper, doil...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:55:00 PST