Without further delay....  Thank you for your patience and continued interest in what we do...bringing you the most vibrant voices in poetry, fiction and non-fiction, as well as visual artists who tantalize and bring exciting images to your mindset. With this our Third Anniversary issue, we introduce our new website designed by the Banwa team and welcome the site designers Theodora Ravago and Christopher Gannon to the aaduna community of writers, artists and creative people. Blast us to your social media platforms.   And read what we offer! www.aaduna.org aaduna cover art, "Boho Dancer," artist, Manya S. Goldstein (c) 2014 We congratulate our winter/spring 2014 contributors and trust that you will enjoy their work.  Contact us and tell us your impressions.   If you haven't done so already - like us on facebook!  Aaduna, Inc  Follow us on Twitter @aadunaspeaks Help us build upon our aaduna fami...

Photo by: Lisa Brennan, aaduna visual arts editor While we wanted to publish an excerpt before it was officially released and the author was willing, we allowed other tasks to get in our way.  Last year, I read the finished, unedited manuscript, and received in today’s mail the softbound copy of Neal Raisman’s Standing On One Foot 70 Pieces on Death, Grief and Finding Balance in Life (The Administrator’s Bookshelf, 86 N Cassady Avenue , Columbus , OH 43209 , www.adminbookshelf.com. I have known Neal and his family since the early Nineties and knew Isaac, his son, who died at the age of 26 in 2005.  [I placed dirt on Isaac’s casket.]  The book chronicles in a very intimate and conversational way, the path Neal, his wife Aileen, and their daughter Shana were propelled to take as a result of Isaac’s unexpected passing.  It is a poignant story, one that you might not expect. Here is a brief excerpt from the opening page: Most books on grief and th...

  Fundraiser: Sunday, May 18th, Bill's Place/Harlem, NY The Council of Literary Magazines & Presses [clmp] and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) awarded aaduna, Inc. a capacity building grant to mount spring 2014 fundraisers, one in New York City (May 18th) and the other in Auburn, New York. (May 29th) Tickets are limited.   If attending either event, secure your spot today via Pay Pal:   Click Here for Payment Instructions  We understand that many of our supporters and readers are geographically unable to attend either of these events.  However, as a public, charity-supported organization, we have to document our worth to maintain our tax-exempt status.  And charitable donations are a critical and proof positive way to articulate public support for what we do, which is to provide a viable platform for emerging and established poets, writers, and visual artists to present their work to th...

Banwa Team:  Theodora Ravago & Chris Gannon (photo provided) In a few days, we will officially launch our Third Anniversary winter/spring 2014 issue. And with that publication, we will premier our new look and design. The skills and creativity of the Banwa team collaborated with us to bring you - our contributors and readers - a contemporary and exciting re-design, and functionality to our web site. Indigo Graphics and Design, based in Baltimore , Maryland , started the ball rolling in 2011 with our premier issue and its work made a lasting impact on how literary journals should look and feel.   Now, Banwa brings its interpretation of aaduna to you.   a aduna thanks Nia Rock who championed support from the Sovereign Bank Foundation whose grant award made this web site initiative possible and in doing so, strengthened our ability to reach deeper into the various communities served by Sovereign Bank. a aduna has a proven track record of identifying new and...

Send a poem to your social media contacts. Post a poem with us on our new Aaduna, Inc facebook page!    Click here to post!   Share a poem with those you love. Read a poem and just reflect. And be on the look out for these other poets who will grace the next issue of aaduna: Erika Donald Christine M. Donofrio Dr. Ho Cheung (Peter) Lee Edward Mendes Joann Quiñones aaduna celebrates poetry and salutes poets everywhere who make life more enchanting and intriguing. The Third Anniversary winter/spring 2014 issue coming in…you guessed it…National Poetry Month…real soon!!

Poet, Noorulain Noor  (photo provided) There is a detached elegance regarding Noorulain Noor’s work.  Her pieces titter on elegance and simplicity with rich layers of hued emotional context and vivid portrayals. Here are brief excerpts from her work in the winter/spring 2014 issue: from Holiday House She traced circles on her palm as she told us the stories of her youth and the fold in the fabric of history that broke a nation, birthed two, and many a folk- tale of love and triumph, battle and loss, and back to the time she walked across an intangible border in the land, the signature of a powerful hand…. from Atonement …Maybe I would find you then on an indistinguishable road of this metropolis, see you from afar and recognize your eyes and the wrinkle between them, the one I sewed and kissed and loved. But, in the clamor of people and their voices, will you hear me when I call your name?... Read Noor's complete works plus Weatherman in our next issue. ...

Dennis R. Boyd, Jr.  (photo provided) Dennis R. Boyd, Jr., known as D.J. writes with a realism and down-to-earth sensibilities that are refreshing and unpredictable. Boyd has lived a life that could be a character in the classic literature that he continues to enjoy reading. While we are just teasing you, his bio and full story is coming in aaduna's upcoming issue. Here is a brief excerpt, from the opening of his short story, "Michael:" Annie sipped her latte and lit a cigarette. “Why the hell am I wasting such a beautiful Saturday morning talking to someone I really don’t like, about something I really don’t want to talk about,” she wondered in silence. She exhaled a lungful of smoke into the waking city above and died another tiny, private death. Across from her, Caroline slouched and chomped at her bagel like a cow chewing cud, gnashing and smacking on the same bite for her customary twenty-eight chews. It was the number recommended in some magazine ar...