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Tantra Zawadi

Author's Bio

Tantra-zawadi best describes her work "by the love that I make through my art to the vision of the unseen reality." Tantra has performed to standing-room audiences at venues as far away as South Africa, London, Germany and Canada. She has performed original works in the off-Broadway productions of Stolen Dreams - A Stage Play, Girl – A Choreospective, A Night of Three God/desses: Soldier Blues and Powerful Women, An Evolution in Reinvention, the Numeral Three, Leaving My Apartment and Other Urban Adventures and projects with the vonduvoisdancecollective. Tantra's recent appearances include the New York Public Library of Performance Arts at Lincoln Center, Greenfield Poetry Festival, Senegal-America Project, Badilisha Poetry X-Change Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, The Austin International Poetry Festival and the Montserrat Poetry Festival. Publications: Essence and Spoken Vizions Magazines. On-line publications: Platinum Poets, Sunpiper Press, Till Late, Souled Up and Poets Wear Prada. On Screen: Poem and video "Scarlet Waters” for the Product(RED) video wall; "Girl: The Film" and “A Silent Genocide ~ A Brief Insight into HIV/AIDS” edited by Oliver Covrett (short documentaries); PSA for BETAH Associates produced by Marc Herbert Productions aimed at promoting HIV/AIDS awareness. Music and Poetry: A member of Collective Spirits and contributor on musical compilations such as: The Love Planet EP by Collective Spirits, The Liberation Sessions: Soul of the City CD by Mwalim, 2 Shades of EP by Dolls Combers and Deep XCape, Soundz Out of Africa by DJ Spice T, Afroland Volume 1 by Steve Paradise - Uno Mas Digital Recordings,Summerbreeze EP by Dolls Combers, Gene King Presents "Out of the Blue," EARTHOLOGY, by Floyd Boykin, Jr., SoulAgenda “Don’t Let Go,” Nastee Nev’s Secrets of Life, “Giant Steps – Back From Miami” (Do It Now Recordings) and Groove Assassin featuring Tantra-zawadi "Love Seeker" (GKF Records. Coming Summer 2012 DJ IndySoul's Change All Over Me. Follow Tantra-zawadi Online www.tantra-zawadi.com www.facebook.com/tantra.zawadi www.twitter.com/tantrazawadi

Publications and Prizes

Books:
Gathered at Her Sky (Poets Wear Prada, 2010), alifepoeminprogress (Chuma Spirit Books, 1999)
Prizes:
"Girl" (Gathered at Her Sky - PWP Books) Nominated for 2010 Pushcart Prize; "A Silent Genocide ~A Brief Insight into HIV/AIDS" (a short documentary), screened at Cine Mostra AIDS Brasil in Sao Paulo - August 2010; Kings County District Attorney's Office - Women's History Month Award 2001.

Tantra Zawadi Resume

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:
The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz, An Invisible Earthquake: A Woman's Journal through Stillbirth by Malika Ndlovu, Five Years and Counting: A Journey into the Mind of Soul Poetry by Cendrine Marrouat, The 100 Best Poems of All Time by Leslie Pockell, The Fifth Agreement by Don Miguel and Jose Miguel Ruiz
Favorite Books:
A Course in Miracles, A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo, The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield, The Love Poems of Rumi, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra, Wounded in The House of a Friend by Sonia Sanchez, Cotton Candy on A Rainy Day by Nikki Giovanni and The Prophet by Khalil Gibran.
Favorite Authors:
There are so many but here are a few: Marianne Williamson, Paulo Coehlo, Don Miguel Ruiz, Khalil Gibran, Sonia Sanchez, Rumi, Deepak Chopra and Rabindranath Tagore.

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Listing last updated: March 17, 2012

More Information

Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
Yes
Identifies as:
African American
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Brooklyn, NY

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