Day: June 29, 2013

  • ‘One Drop of Love’ (Theatre Review) The Chic of Domesticity: A Woman-to-Women Conversation on All Facets of Life – Fashion – Politics – Religion – Style – Travel 2013-06-29 Jennifer Vaughn-Estrada Plans free for tomorrow evening? I recommend catching the final performance of One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for Her Father’s Racial Approval…

  • Obama hails Mandela ‘inspiration’ in South Africa visit BBC News 2013-06-29 US President Barack Obama has praised Nelson Mandela as “an inspiration to the world” while visiting South Africa. The US leader, who was speaking in Pretoria after talks with President Jacob Zuma, does not intend to visit the 94-year-old, who has been critically ill…

  • Miracle Fruit Tupelo Press 2003 86 pages 9.1 x 6 x 0.3 inches Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9710310-8-1 Aimee Nezhukumatathil As three worlds collide, a mother’s Philippines, a father’s India, and the poet’s contemporary America, the resulting impressions are chronicled in this collection of incisive and penetrating verse. The writer weaves her words carefully into a wise…

  • ‘Soy Yo!’: Play explores being multi-racial in a world where race matters St. Louis Beacon 2013-06-26 Nancy Fowler Parents, can you even imagine being accused of kidnapping your own children? It happened to Shari LeKane-Yentumi of University City. The reason was race. She’s white, her husband’s black. Their three children are both; and in our…

  • Solo Show at 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival Examines Notions of Racial Identity Contact: Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni Email: onedropoflove@gmail.com Website: http://www.onedropoflove.com/ May 2013 (Los Angeles, Calif.) — When actress and playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni married the love of her life in 2006, her father did not walk her down the aisle. In fact, he declined to…