forWord Movement: Projekt NewSpeak Interview

We, forWord, would like to thank YOU, the reader, for your support! It has been a crazy ride since we first formed our spoken word poetry collective in the Fall of 2010. We would not be where we are now without you all.

Check out our most recent interview at Projekt NewSpeak. Learn a little more about us like why we decided to form forWord, how our group writing process is, behind-the-scenes insight of some poems from our chapbook “Feel What We’re Saying,” what we feel about Asian Latin fusion food, and MORE.

Also thank you, David A. Romero, for the interview!!!

http://projektnewspeak.com/forword/

[ Posted on 3.5.12 / 2 notes ]
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forWord Movement: Projekt NewSpeak Interview by David A. Romero

The Mexi-Asian Perspective: A Latino’s Guide to All Things Latin, Asian, or Both

by David A. Romero

Many vie for the title of hardest working poet (or poets) in Los Angeles. Many claim the title of hardest working poet (or poets) in Los Angeles.  Every year sees the rise and fall of new venues and new, hungry artists making the rounds to fill them with their passion and drive.

For the past two years, for anyone with both functioning eyes and ears, the answer to which poets were dominating LA with their omnipresence was obvious: forWord.

This four member Asian Pacific American poetry collective could be seen from Hollywood to the Inland Empire, from Long Beach to Downtown Los Angeles and everywhere inbetween. Never before had a collective so effortlessly maintained features with open mic performances, group pieces with solo readings; managing to do all of it while loved by everyone they came across.

forWord members Eddy Gana Jr., Stephanie Sajor, Mark Maza and Susan Diep kicked off this year by performing at the 27th Annual Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference at their UC Irvine.

I had the pleasure of meeting up with forWord after the conference and witnessing their fun group dynamic in action. We had a chance to discuss their newest release, the chapbook Feel What We’re Saying.

How and when did you four poets decide to form the poetry super group forWord?

READ MORE at http://projektnewspeak.com/forword/

[ Posted on 2.29.12 / 9 notes ]
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