LiYun Alvarado's 30th Birthday Wish!

I turn 30 on October 18th & hope all of you will help me celebrate in 2 ways:

1. Wish Lists for La Cucarita (more details below)

"Toys for La Cucarita:" http://amzn.com/w/242S1JPRE9BI 

"Rain Boots for La Cucarita:" http://amzn.com/w/3CSS99NWGT6NC

"Books for La Cucarita:" http://amzn.com/w/1BQJFPDOB4BZM

2. Save the Date: Friday, October 29 - If you're in or near NYC come celebrate with me - Details TBD

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1. Wish Lists for La Cucarita

As many of you know, in 2008, I spent some time teaching, writing, and learning in La Cucarita, a small village in the mountains of the Dominican Republic. 

By my 30th birthday, I'd love it if my friends and family (all of you!) would send needed supplies to the village. The kids and families could use new books, new toys, and new rain boots. 

Below are three Amazon "Wish Lists" with 30 items on each list. When you purchase an item, it will be shipped to the Dioceses in Orlando, where Sister Bernie will collect everything and deliver it to La Cucarita.

I've made it easy for you to give. Just click below and do something simple that will have a lasting impact on the lives of others. Please click below and give generously!

"Toys for La Cucarita:" 
http://amzn.com/w/242S1JPRE9BI 

"Rain Boots for La Cucarita:" 
http://amzn.com/w/3CSS99NWGT6NC

"Books for La Cucarita:" 
http://amzn.com/w/1BQJFPDOB4BZM

Thanks in advance for all your generosity.

abrazos fuertes,

Li Yun

PS La Cucarita is an amazing and very special place to me as you can begin to see from the photos below:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2097586&id=309401&l=e9ab13ebd7

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2097460&id=309401&l=7e49c17ff4

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2080015&id=309401

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Li Yun Alvarado
www.liyunalvarado.com

The Algarín Sessions Vol. 2

We, Bomba y Plena, were honored to sit with Puerto Rican poet, writer & co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Miguel Algarín in his home where we spoke about his life, his writing, our culture and what the future holds for us as individuals & Nuyorican poets.

Here he shares with us his memories on the opening of the cafe, his writing and feelings about Plena's brilliant idea a night honoring Algarín, The "69 Years Young" Birthday Tribute on September 11th. There will be a room full of legends and spectacular artists filling the Nuyorican that night. Our fabulous host Hosted by Papo "Swiggity" Santiago of Capicu Poetry & Cultural Showcase will guide us through a night flowing with words from Miguel Algarin, Caridad De La Luz (La Bruja), Simply Rob (Grito de Poetas), Maria Isa, yours truly Bomba y Plena. Since the creation of the event we've been please to add on some special surprise performances by musicians & legendary poets. You'll have to be there to find out who! 

Watch the video, share it and please, join us! It will be a night to remember.

Featured Artist - Albert Areizaga of TainoImage.com

Digital Photo Collage by Albert Areizaga of TainoImage.com - click to visit the site 

Mural created by Albert Areizaga of Taino Image

in honor of the 

"69 Years Young" -A Birthday Tribute to Miguel Algarín

Date/time: September 11 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Address: 236 East 3rd St. (bet. Avenue B and Avenue C)

Honoree is Algarín is a Puerto Rican poet, and co-founder of the most famous poetry hub in the United States, our home away from home, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. 

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us in celebrating the life and legacy of one of our own, Miguel Algarín. 


With performances by

Miguel Algarin

Caridad De La Luz (La Bruja)

Simply Rob

Maria Isa

Jani 'Bomba' Rose

Roberto 'Plena' Irizarry

Hosted by Papo "Swiggity" Santiago of Capicu Poetry & Cultural Showcase

There will be music, surprise performances and two cakes! Bienvenido! 

$12 at the door

Brought to you by Bomba y Plena of MusingsAndScribbles.com

Sponsored by LatinosNYC

Emily Dickinson - I hear a fly buzz when I died

I heard a fly buzz when I died;
      The stillness round my form
Was like the stillness in the air
      Between the heaves of storm.

The eyes beside had wrung them dry,
      And breaths were gathering sure
For that last onset, when the king
      Be witnessed in his power.

I willed my keepsakes, signed away
      What portion of me I
Could make assignable,-and then
      There interposed a fly,

With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz,
      Between the light and me;
And then the windows failed, and then
      I could not see to see.

Inspiration: Sylvia Plath

...And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~S. Plath