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Ra Avis

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Born

in San Antonio, The United States

August 27, 1984

Website

Http://www.ra-avis.com

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Rarasaur

Genre

Children's, Memoir, Poetry

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August 2015

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Ra Avis is the author of Sack Nasty: Prison Poetry (2016), Dinosaur-Hearted (2018), and Flowers and Stars (2018).

She is a once-upon-a-time inmate, a reluctantly-optimistic widow, and a generational storyteller. Ra reads her poetry live at events throughout Southern California, and writes regularly at Rarasaur.com.

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Ra Avis Sack Nasty is a true story based on my incarceration. I decided to write this version of the full story first for many reasons. It encapsulates all th…moreSack Nasty is a true story based on my incarceration. I decided to write this version of the full story first for many reasons. It encapsulates all the really awful things I experienced which allows for a lot of healing for me, and the readers and friends and families who survived the experience with me. It stands as a guide for topics that I'd like to bridge into larger conversations. It is also my buffer for those who I'd rather not sit and tell these types of stories to-- they can, as my publisher says, #BuyTheBook.(less)

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Ra Avis I'm made entirely of works in progress. I almost always have a blog in progress, or a project related to social media. I am writing the memoir version…moreI'm made entirely of works in progress. I almost always have a blog in progress, or a project related to social media. I am writing the memoir version of Sack Nasty-- a much longer, much fuller tale.

My pet project at the moment though is an illustrated version of my poem "The Upside-Down Tree". I am excited to make it come alive.(less)

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Average rating: 4.74 · 39 ratings · 12 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Sack Nasty: Prison Poetry 4.67 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Flowers and Stars by Ra Avis (Goodreads Author), Joshua P. Stroder (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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working hands

I trace the brawn of you like embroidery, squeeze the sculpt through your robe.

When I massage your bare feet, I tap into you a rough draft of your eulogy.
I outlive everything,
you know.

I outlive everything I know.

The trophies in your cabinet still as you rest.
The spotlights that love you dim as you sleep.

Like every masterpiece that has ever moved me, I know I will not be the only one who rememb

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Agency (Jackpot #2)

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There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé

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How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

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“The wrinkled pages of the Bible crackled as Mom leafed back to the beginning of Matthew. I had always felt I was conceived from the powers of the universe. Maybe I was chosen to fulfill a divine mission.”
― Michael C. Watson, Adopted Like Me- Chosen to Search for a Birthmother

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“The life of an adoptee is like an ancient voyager who searches for the unknown. The stars guided their destiny. They had their sights on the wonders that lay ahead of them. An adoptee travels in the opposite direction.”
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