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Abiola’s Kiss and Tell LIVE Revue at Madame X on June 15,...

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Abiola’s Kiss and Tell LIVE Revue at Madame X on June 15, 2010 pt 2.

June Honoree: KOLA BOOF; and Celebrating the book release of The Robot Hearts Anthology

With June Readers: (no specific order) KALI “KITTIE” TROY of VH1’s Let’s Talk About Pep, Robot Hearts writers SHAWNA KENNEY, CARA BRUCE, DAVID HENRY STERRY, CAROLINE BRYANT, KIANOOSH HASHEMZADEH, TRUDI TAYLOR, CARRIE COHEN, comedian JESSICA DELFINO, Urban Erotika pioneer MO BEASLEY, writer DEBORAH COLLAGE GRISON and virgin reader TAMELA J. GORDAN.

Abiola’s Kiss and Tell LIVE Revue at Madame X on June 15,...

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:15:46 -0400

Abiola’s Kiss and Tell LIVE Revue at Madame X on June 15, 2010 pt 1.

June Honoree: KOLA BOOF; and Celebrating the book release of The Robot Hearts Anthology

June Honoree: KOLA BOOF; and Celebrating the book release of...

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June Honoree: KOLA BOOF; and Celebrating the book release of The Robot Hearts Anthology

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Kola Boof honored at Kiss and Tell Live at Madame X, NYC, June...

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Kola Boof honored at Kiss and Tell Live at Madame X, NYC, June 15, 2010: http://abiolaabrams.com/reading_series.html

Kiss & Tell Live NYC Reading & Performance Series on June 15 at Madame X

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:56:26 -0400

Kiss & Tell Live NY Reading Series
NEXT SHOW
Tuesday June 15th
7-10 PM, FREE, MADAME X

HONORING KOLA BOOF
FEATURING THE ROBOT HEARTS ANTHOLOGY

June Honoree: Kola Boof; and Celebrating the book release of The Robot Hearts Anthology

With June Readers: (no specific order) KALI “KITTIE” TROY of VH1’s Let’s Talk About Pep, Robot Hearts writers SHAWNA KENNEY, CARA BRUCE, DAVID HENRY SThttp://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/readingseries/new/textERRY, CAROLINE BRYANT, KIANOOSH HASHEMZADEH, TRUDI TAYLOR, CARRIE COHEN, comedian JESSICA DELFINO, Urban Erotika pioneer MO BEASLEY, writer DEBORAH COLLAGE GRISON and virgin reader TAMELA J. GORDAN.

More Info: http://abiolaabrams.com/reading_series.html

Celebrate Robot Hearts on Tuesday June 15th at Madame X in NYC:...

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Celebrate Robot Hearts on Tuesday June 15th at Madame X in NYC: http://abiolaabrams.com/reading_series.html

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Shawna Kenney & Cara Bruce celebrate Robot Hearts at Kiss...

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Shawna Kenney & Cara Bruce celebrate Robot Hearts at Kiss and Tell Live on Tuesday June 15th: http://abiolaabrams.com/reading_series.html

Tamela J. Gordan of She’s So NY at Kiss and Tell Live at...

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:27:36 -0400

Tamela J. Gordan of She’s So NY at Kiss and Tell Live at Madame X: http://abiolaabrams.com/reading_series.html

Miss Kitty Kali Troy of Let’s Talk About Pep at Kiss and...

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Miss Kitty Kali Troy of Let’s Talk About Pep at Kiss and Tell Live at Madame X on Tuesday June 15, 2010: http://abiolaabrams.com/reading_series.html

Deborah Collage Grison at Kiss and Tell Live on June 15 in NYC:...

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Deborah Collage Grison at Kiss and Tell Live on June 15 in NYC: http://abiolaabrams.com/reading_series.html

FSL Cosmetics Makeup and Beauty Bar on June 15, 2010 at...

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:15:26 -0400

FSL Cosmetics Makeup and Beauty Bar on June 15, 2010 at Abiola’s Kiss and Tell Live: http://abiolaabrams.com/reading_series.html

Robot Hearts, New Anthology About Love, Tech & Internet Dating

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:06:23 -0400

Robot Hearts, New Anthology About Love, Tech & Internet Dating:

1) Tell me about your anthology.
Robot Hearts is a collection of personal essays written by people navigating the relationship maze of online dating and new media.

2) What inspired Robot Hearts?
Both of us met our husbands before the whole internet dating thing, but were fascinated with stories of people connecting in this new way. Even our own friendship was rekindled through Facebook. We thought it’d be fun to gather these kind of stories together in one place. We have a line of nonfiction anthologies planned—this is just the first.

3) How did you select the writers?

We put out a general ‘call for submissions’ on blogs, Facebook, Twitter and our website. Some of the folks who contributed were friends, but most were complete strangers. David Sterry is an award-winning memoirist and well-published friend whom we’ve worked with before. Carrie Cohen’s essay, “The Man I Might Have Married,” is a tragic, touching tale of the strange and sometimes false intimacy meeting online entails.

We were intrigued by the experimental form of Kianoosh Hashemzadeh’s essay. “They Left a Paper Trail.” Trudi Tayor, who is traveling from North Carolina for the reading, cracked us up with her submission, “The Pickle Story.” Cara Bruce wrote about the truly frightening ways that psycho exes can use technology to terrorize. And the title of Caroline Bryant’s piece, “Match.con: One English Woman’s Experience with Online Dating” just says it all.

4) Do you Kiss and Tell?
Hmmm….well, we’ve both written explicit material of our own, before, but in this case, we hug and allow other people to tell on themselves.

5) What are your thoughts about the intersection of love and technology?
Shawna: I’m suspicious. Technology is an extension of the user, yet it has the uncanny ability to mask our most human qualities. Meeting people online is both more immediate and more removed—our online selves are artifice. I’m a romantic, so I’d like to believe anything’s possible, but interacting online can never replace that intangible thing—that chemistry—that people feel once they see, hear, smell and experience one another in-person.

Cara: I agree with Shawna about the chemistry. I’m also not sure it can be replaced. Yet, I do wonder if meeting someone online and taking the time to get to know him or her, really get to know him or her, before doing anything physical might not be such a bad idea. But, then again, sex is such an important part of any relationship that maybe all relationships should start with sex and move on to talking. I also would imagine that meeting someone online would involve a whole other level of trust or, should I say, distrust. Overall, I think that as long as we don’t remove ourselves from real, face-to-face human connections we should be okay.

6) Are there any things that we humans should avoid with our newly Robotic Hearts?
Loneliness. Hermitude. Agoraphobia. Damn, it sounds like the life of a writer.

7) Where can we find the book and learn more?
We’ll have books at the reading, iand t can be ordered online now at
http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Hearts-Twisted-Seeking-Digital/dp/0982644507/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275944083&sr=1-1
and we have guidelines for future anthologies up at our website:
http://www.pinchbackpress.com/

8) What can we expect on June 15th?

Expect to laugh and maybe even cry a little. You will emote, whether you want to or not.

Q & A with Kola Boof, June Kiss & Tell Live Honoree

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:00:00 -0400

Q & A with Kola Boof, June Kiss & Tell Live Honoree:

1) What can we expect to see/hear/experience from you on June 15th?

Kola: I will talk about the twist and turns of my career, why it means so much for
me to be heard as an African-born author and will joke about why people think
I’m crazy. But I will use my work to demonstrate why I’m a very serious author.

2) Do you ever KISS and TELL?

Kola: Oh sure. I will probably do that during my talk/reading.

3) How do you define sexy?

Kola: Confidence, laughter and being very open.

4) How can we have more open conversation around love, sex and dating?

Kola: Venues like this make it very easy. I’m bringing a FOINE ASS man with me, too.

5) What’s NEXT for you and where can people find your work?

Kola: My new work isn’t out yet…I’m doing publicity and appearances to make people
more familiar with me and to change perceptions of me. My older work can be
found online at Amazon or you can have your local bookstore order it.
Hue-Man books, I believe, still have copies of my books.

Tamela J. Gordan, She's So New York, at Kiss & Tell Live NYC

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:56:46 -0400

Tamela J. Gordan, She's So New York, at Kiss & Tell Live NYC:

Harlem-based Tamela J. Gordon is originally from Long Island. A writer since the age of nine, Tamela came to the city to pursue her goal of becoming a novelist. Fresh off the heels of her modest success with her memoir-styled blog entitled, Baby, Beat Those Blues, she and her bestie have joined forces and have become the go-to’s for everything NYC with their upcoming website, shessonewyork.com. As they work towards their late-summer debut, read more about them and the work their doing on their blog, She’s So New York! http://besonewyork.blogspot.com

1) Tamela, what can we expect to see/hear/experience from you on June 15th?
Tamela: Expect to hear the painfully true story of when a woman’s vag is trying to tell her something.

2) Do you ever KISS and TELL?
Tamela: All too often!

3) How do you define sexy?
Tamela: Sexy to me is good looks, style, confidence, with a dash of insatiable naughtiness.

4) How can we have more open conversation around love, sex and dating?
Tamela: By putting it all out there… you first!

5) What’s NEXT for you and where can people find your work?
Tamela: What’s next for me (besides all the blogs) will be launching this birth of a women’s website with my partner, Portia Walker, and shessonewyork.com will be ready to roll by late-summer this year, so expect to hear alot about us until then!

Author Deborah Collage Grison at Abiola's Kiss & Tell Live Reading Series

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:53:26 -0400

Author Deborah Collage Grison at Abiola's Kiss & Tell Live Reading Series:

We’re excited to present author Deborah Collage Grison as a part of our All Star Line Up on Tuesday June 15, 2010 at Madame X. The night will also honor controversial author Kola Boof and celebrate the release of the Robot Hearts anthology.

Miss Kittie of VH1 series Let’s Talk About Pep has joined the other writers: Robot Hearts writers SHAWNA KENNEY, CARA BRUCE, DAVID HENRY STERRY, CAROLINE BRYANT, KIANOOSH HASHEMZADEH, TRUDI TAYLOR, CARRIE COHEN, comedian JESSICA DELFINO, Urban Erotika pioneer MO BEASLEY, writer DEBORAH COLLAGE GRISON and virgin reader TAMELA J. GORDAN.

1) Debrah Collage Grison, what can we expect to see/hear/experience from you on June 15th?

Deborah: You will hear from me something thought provoking along the lines of either love/marriage or gansta love.
2) Do you ever KISS and TELL?
Deborah: I cannot tell a lie, Sometimes its too good NOT to TELL! Bu, I am selective of who I tell and I NEVER TELL IT ALL because haters will try to take your place.

3) How do you define sexy?
Deborah: Inside out sexy (intellectual feeler (smart heart and dont say dumb shit, with brains the delivers smart humor (can be silly and event have goofy moments, but cant be “a goofy”) and gift wrapping (body) to match. I dont like “dumb fucks!” Excuse my language.

4) How can we have more open conversation around love, sex and dating?
Deborah: Have courage and trust that people can take the transparency. I think people are more stronger than we give them credit.

5) What’s NEXT for you and where can people find your work?
NYC BOOK LAUNCH This Summer!
National & International BOOK TOUR with current project A LOVE SUPREME: a poemoir (St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Memphis, Los Angeles, Alaska, Milwaukee, DC, Houston, Jackson, Mississippi, Miami & New Orleans, & West Africa)
Launch of writing mentors program Kick OFF Fall 2010 in Chicago for high school youth, “WRITE THE POWER!”

6) Will you be giving anything away to the audience on 6/15?
Yes, 3 ITEMS: ONE BOOK, ONE CD, ONE T-SHIRT.
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Abiola’s Kiss and Tell Live Revue Reading and Performance Series is this TUESDAY June 15th at Madame X, 7-10pm, 94 West Houston Street, NYC, free! No RSVP needed.

About Kola Boof June 15, 2010 Kiss & Tell Honoree

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About Kola Boof June 15, 2010 Kiss & Tell Honoree:

Join us on June 15th at Madame X for Abiola’s Kiss and Tell Live Revue, 7-10 pm, free, 94 West Houston Street.

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Abiola’s Kiss and Tell Live Revue May 2010 Video, Part 1....

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Miss Kittie of Let's Talk About Pep Added to Kiss & Tell 6/16 Lineup

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:06:14 -0400

Miss Kittie of Let's Talk About Pep Added to Kiss & Tell 6/16 Lineup:

Miss Kittie of VH1 series Let’s Talk About Pep will join me this week on TUESDAY 6/15 at Abiola’s Kiss and Tell Live Revue at Madame X, 7-10pm, free, 94 West Houston AND WEDNESDAY 6/16 for live broadcast on Shovio.com, 10-11:30pm on Abiola on LSD: Love, Sex, Dating & Drama!

JOIN US…

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Abiola’s Kiss & Tell Live Revue: (NYC Reading & Performance Series) Tuesday June 15 at Madame X, 94 W Houston St, 7-10pm, free.
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Abiola on LSD: Love, Sex, Dating and Drama: (Live Weekly Web TV Series) Wednesday June 16, 10-11:30pm, on Shovio.com.