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Ayin Adams
Dr. Adams first received critical attention for her short film, Spare Change, a glimpse into the life of a homeless woman in New York City. Her poem, "Momma Cried," about a woman's reaction to her daughter's coming out, won the Pat Parker Award in 1998. Another poem, "The Color of Her Tears," deals with a grandmother's deathbed advice to her lesbian granddaughter to be herself and not let the judgements of others keep her from finding and expressing love. Dr. Adams plans on adapting both as short films. Another poem, "Walking Through My Fire" is a woman's question to her lover of how far she is willing to go, through the good and the bad, to keep their love alive. In 1999 she won the Audre Lorde Memorial Prose Prize. She was inducted into The International Society of Poets as a Poet of Merit and in 2001 was awarded the President's Award for Literary Excellence. Most recently, she has worked with local high school students in the International Peace Poem Project, an effort to create the longest peace poem ever written to present to the United Nations. Currently a resident of Maui, Dr. Adams continues to write and also works as a motivational speaker. She also participates in numerous writers' conferences and works with the International Foundation of Bio-Magnetic Touch Healing. Her poems and essays have appeared in Island Lesbian Connection, Poetic Voices of America, and the anthology, Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam Publication. Links:
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