Ysabel Gonzalez's Fundraiser
Poetry is making a difference!
Please help me meet my goal by giving today.
A supporter of Ysabel Gonzalez
"Poetisa of heart and inspiration; friend and model; thank you!"
Emari DiGiorgio
"Ysabel!! You are a warrior goddess! Love you and your poems. <3"
$10
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amy seifried
"Dear Ysi - Thank you, dear friend, for your beautiful words, for your beautiful spirit. You are an inspiration to all who know and love you. "
$15
A supporter of Ysabel Gonzalez
"Keep up the great work, and thank you for sharing it!"
Burky Achilles
"Ghazal for the Very Superstitious, so cool. "
$10
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Lynne McEniry
"bow, left, transgress, smitten, spout...can't wait for the poem. You go, Ysi!"
$15
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Marina Carreira
"I'm so proud of your tremendous spirit and skill."
$20
A supporter of Ysabel Gonzalez
I donated in support of this campaign.
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Gabrielle Sindorf
"Hello, dear Ysi! Write like mad! You are a treasure in my life.... Love you! Gabby xoxox"
$50
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Darla Himeles
"Go, Ysi! Your five words from me are: trillion, vodka, lavender, olive, and plush. xo!"
Poet Bio: New Jersey native Ysabel Y. Gonzalez, is also known for her performance poetry under the alias Ancestral Poetisa. Ysabel is a Puerto Rican poet and likes to think of her poems as a form of tracing lineage and documenting cultural and family history. Her poems also like to explore the body and how it inherits things we can't help, including trauma. Ysabel received her BA from Rutgers University, an MFA in Poetry from Drew University and works for the Poetry Program at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Ysabel has received invitations to attend VONA, Tin House, Ashbery Home School and BOAAT Press workshops. She is also the Program Director for the BOAAT Writing Retreat and has been published or is forthcoming in IMANIMAN: Poets Reflect on Transformative & Transgressive Borders Through Gloria Anzaldúa's Work, Wide Shore, Waxwing Literary Journal, Huizache, Acentos Review, and phati'tude Literary Magazine. Find more of her poems and recorded performances at www.ysabelgonzalez.com
It can be a daunting task--breathing life into one new poem each day for thirty days. Your support gives me vital inspiration as I write poems for thirty straight days in December.
Tupelo Press provides the canvas, I bring my words, accompanied by other fine poets, writing thirty poems in thirty days, all ours to edit and submit as we wish. 30/30 poems have been taken by over 90 journals and featured in over 40 published chapbooks, all so Tupelo Press can keep publishing exquisite and diverse voices that might never be heard otherwise.
Every dollar gives me confidence to write more, and helps the press place more poems in gorgeous books. Help me to help this distinguished press. Here are some rewards I'm providing if you give in my name:
Lasso of Truth: Donate $10 in my name and you'll have the opportunity to provide me with a title, and I'll write the poem.It can be as long and/or as specific as you wish.
Bracelets & Red Boots: Donate $15 in my name and you can provide me with up to five words which I'll include in a poem written throughout the thirty days.Make them silly, wild, or every day words!
Invisible Planes : Donate $25 and you'll have the opportunity to provide me with first line and last line for a poem.The Wonder Woman: Donate $35 in my name and you can name the subject/content of the poem.
Amazon Sampler : Donate $50 in my name and I'll design and mail a signed one-of-a-kind mini-chapbook with 6 poems (your choice) written throughout the 30/30.
SHEro : Donate $75 in my name and I'll provide you with a thorough manuscript review.
Email me at ancestral.poetisa@gmail.com to claim your reward after donating!