Comments on: Poets of the Street

By: WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Homeboy Poets in the LA Times

WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Homeboy Poets in the LA Times — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:39:01 +0000

[...] USA/Homeboy Industries-sponsored Homeboy Stories Project that I originally posted about here and here last [...]

By: Agustin "Tin Tin" Lizama

Agustin "Tin Tin" Lizama — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:01:05 +0000

Hi Celese & Leslie I Was messing with internet and I came across this beautiful page thank you guys so much for walking into my life I was almost in tears looking at these stories again I am very flattered & Rich to know the both of you thank you for the support we so much needed I love you guys God Bless Always. Sincerely with all my love,TinTin

By: WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Gangs and the Terrible Politics of Snitching

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:16:15 +0000

[...] of the three to speak was Augustine—a bright, gentle man who’d been one of the stars of the poetry project I wrote about earlier. (Actually all three were involved, in one way or another, with the poetry [...]

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:53:23 +0000

Celeste and Leslie,

Thank you for making these readings accessible on-line. I would have attended one of the events if I had known about them. I applaud the participants for being willing to share their stories. Are there plans to have more readings in the near future?

Thank you Gerardo, Joe, Augustin, Serena, Hector and Natalie. I hope I haven’t forgotten anyone.

Sharon

By: WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Poets of the Street, Chapter Two

WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Poets of the Street, Chapter Two — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:21:15 +0000

[...] second reading is this Wednesday night. For details see below, and for backstory on the project, click here] The evening—which consisted of ten homeboy and homegirl poets reading their work—went [...]

By: Celeste Fremon

Celeste Fremon — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:30:01 +0000

Thanks for asking, Woody. It went great. I’m just now trying to download pictures from the event. The poetry went on and on, and nobody wanted to leave. In most other instances, if a poetry event goes much over and hour, everyone in the audience is starting to fidget because they’re…well…bored. But not last night. It was riveting.

I’ll post about it a bit later (when I can get my new laptop and [mutter, mumble, hiss] Vista, to cooperate.)

By: Woody

Woody — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:06:43 +0000

How did the event go Saturday night?

By: Celeste Fremon

Celeste Fremon — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:51:58 +0000

Yep. Just fixed it. Thanks.

By: Woody

Woody — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:49:51 +0000

I bet that Celeste didn’t close the italics html code on her comment #13 above, which makes everything below that italics, also.

By: Celeste Fremon

Celeste Fremon — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:56:51 +0000

Dan, that sounds like a terrific program. Great story!

I wish, wish, wish there were more programs like the Puente Project. I just went to the website and it really looks good. Thanks for your reflections.