"On November 17, 1968, the Oakland Raiders score two touchdowns in nine seconds to beat the New York Jets and no one sees it, because they're watching the movie Heidi instead." Well, this is not a NFL "throwback" day.  Watch the real deal...Heidi Nightengale, poet, writer, college instructor, and more....this t'ain't 1968! Heidi Nightengale, May 28, 2015, Theater Mack, Auburn, NY....an aaduna fundraiser.  Watch Now: https://youtu.be/-NUgu8iVfZg Share it on your social media platforms.  It is time to erase the 1968 memory with something real! Help us build community!  Share with your friends,  "like" our Aaduna-Inc facebook page and follow us on twitter @ aadunaspeaks !  aaduna-Inc  Visit regularly for updates ! @aadunaspeaks

Poetry has the power to captivate and intrigue.  In the forthcoming issue of aaduna , Marthe-Elise Bertrand will bring you into her world of words and magic. Here is one of her poems, "Deep Rest."  {Three others will grace the pages of aaduna ...coming at you in a few weeks.}   ~Deep Rest~ I tell myself That they don't care what I do, But I can't Get myself to care less about that. Instead, I dwell on the idea that I, too don't even care what I do And for once I don't feel any sadness About wanting to die Or the idea of being gone. At times When I want to die It's like there's no emotion attached I feel nothing as if I’ve Already left my body And the transition- The transition had been in progress The moment I realized a void That something was missing And I have no idea what it is. Maybe My soul will slowly detach itself From this body because Nothing in this world could suffice. Perhaps what's missing...

Does what? When? How? Where? To whom? Check out Ernest Williamson III’s Conversation.   Right HERE:  http://aaduna.org/conversations/ The answers await…. Ernest Williamson III, PhD (photo provided) aaduna-Inc  Visit regularly for updates ! @aadunaspeaks

Julie Ascarrunz (photo provided) Get to know aaduna contributor, Julie Ascarrunz in her conversation with publisher, Bill Berry http://aaduna.org/conversations/ Check it out! Julie's poetry is published in aaduna's current issue: http://aaduna.org/fallwinter2014/poetry/julie-ascarrunz/

Jennifer Wolfe (photo provided) Get to know aaduna poet, Jennifer Wolfe right here right now in the latest conversation with publisher, Bill Berry http://aaduna.org/conversations/ Check it out! Jennifer's poetry is published in aaduna's current issue: http://aaduna.org/fallwinter2014/poetry/jennifer-wolfe/  

Jennifer Wolfe  (photo provided) If you follow the series “Conversations,” { available at www.aaduna.org , click on Conversations} you already know that we planned to resume the chats in mid-February of this year.   Well, guess what?!   We are ready to get the party started NOW!   So start to anticipate interesting info from aaduna's fall/winter 2014 contributing poet  Jennifer Wolfe   Starting on Monday, February 2, 2015 through to February 9, 2015.    READ Jennifer's work here

“Medina Kids,” by Enrico Gaveglia (© kikontheroad.wordpress.com)  www.aaduna.org As aaduna, Inc. looks to its fifth year of publishing aaduna in 2015, we are pondering and reflecting on how we conduct business.   What do I mean?   Well, we avoid doing the self-aggrandizing promotions that a variety of online publications put in the public arena.   We do not publish testimonials.   We put our contributors first, and always position them in front of the public’s eye, keeping the journal in a secondary but important role.   We tell the story about who we are solely in requested interviews.   We make a conscious attempt to grow our influence on a grassroots effort, one person at a time, one community at a time, one country at a time.   OK, we do try to “blow up” the number of countries where the aaduna community has a readership and have made no pretentions about our goal of being in every country on the globe.   And even with th...

“Where’s Waldo?” “Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?” We don’t know about Waldo or Carmen!   But currently, aaduna is read in 80 countries around the world!   We've been discovered in the following countries thus far: Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, United A...

“The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is the most honored literary project in America…. The Pushcart Prize has been a labor of love and independent spirits since its founding. It is one of the last surviving literary co-ops from the 60's and 70's.” aaduna nominated the following four fiction writers for the 2016 round of The Pushcart Prize:  (Click the individual titles below to view work) B. Lynn Carter                  One Wild Ride  Millie Chapman                Peony Shelby Settles Harper        Peyote Spirit  Michael Murray                Stage Fright  aaduna nominated the following two poets for the 2016 round of the Prize: ...

aaduna contributor, TD Flenaugh   (photo provided) For the sports minded person, you may think I am referencing a new football blog that keeps pertinent statistics on touchdowns, who made them and where and how those achievements influenced the finality of a game.  Sorry. I am referring to writer TD Flenaugh whose short story is in the current issue of aaduna, and who recently took the time to have a chat with me. Check out our Conversation.  Enjoy! CLICK HERE for TD Flenaugh interview on aaduna! aaduna-Inc  Visit regularly for updates ! @aadunaspeaks    

The wait is over!   Breakout the Champagne! ~ Photo by:  Lisa Brennan, aaduna visual art editor/website manager   aaduna Volume 4/Issue 2 Cover Art "Untitled," oil on canvas, by Judita Pamfil (c) 2014 The aaduna 2014 summer issue, Vol. 4, No. 2 is now available. Visit www.aaduna.org and enjoy! aaduna-Inc  Visit regularly for updates ! @aadunaspeaks