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Ashley

I am here for Networking

About Me

Actress-Poet-Playwright-Documentary Filmmaker Lover of chewing gum, stimulating conversations, free-dancing, singing off key and waking up smiling

My Interests

So many things- R.I.P to my brother John-John. You were so much greater than the haters in Lubbock, Texas. I know that you are smiling.

I'd like to meet:

Artists and other passionate people

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / White flowers on pink

Music:

goood music

Movies:

Poetic Justice, The Color Purple, Apocalypto, Malcolm X, etc. Countless documentaries including my short film, Colour Me Bad: Third Coast Hip Hop

Television:

the good stuff

Books:

Baldwin, Morrison, Hooks, Queen Afua, Hurston, Singley, Haley, Walker, Shakur, Allende,~~Poets/ Playwrights: Me, Sanchez, Neruda, J. Care Moore, Giovanni, Shange, Mr. Wilson, the wordsmiths from Reciprocity in D-town~~ Magazines: Essence and old issues of XXL and Honey

Heroes:

My sister Keevy and Harriet Tubman

My Blog

ASHLEY WILKERSON ON STAGE AGAIN AT THE SDCC! Jan 25-27

..> ..> Reply to the sender ..> ..> ..> "FRECKLE IN MY EYE" ..> ..> Photo by Dave Herman.  Click image for more SDCC events. ..> The South Dallas Cultural Center prou...
Posted by Ashley on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:47:00 PST

Ego Tripping- one of my absolute favorite poems

Ego Tripping Nikki Giovanni (1973) I was born in the Congo. I walked to the Fertile Crescent and built the sphinx. I designed a pyramid so tough that a star that only glows every one hundred ...
Posted by Ashley on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:26:00 PST

Come check out my film on Thursday, May 31 at 7pm--NYC

Redbones. Bad Yella girls. Pretty Browns. Blacks. Third Coast--Texas Rap  Colour Me Bad: Third Coast Hip Hop A provocative documentary that explores the color complex-"discrimination among Afr...
Posted by Ashley on Mon, 28 May 2007 02:29:00 PST

The taste of hip hop

I was once a junkie. A southern gurl nurtured by the words of Tupac Amaru Shakur and later Outkast and Goodie MOB. Their thoughts sweetened my honey bun.  It was quite delicious l...
Posted by Ashley on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:09:00 PST