Arida Wright Retells Struggle Against Systemic Racism In Poetry Book Exhibit at the L.A. Times Festival of Books 2023
Americas conversation on racial quality and social justice was very much on the agenda at the L.A. Times Festival of Books. And in keeping with that spirit, poets like Arida Wright have been pouring out both their feelings and experiences on the subject through their work. Her book, Crossing the Threshold, was among the books exhibited at the book event.
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Encouraged by people who saw how much her voice mattered, Wright uses poetry to highlight injustices against Black society as well as the highs and lows from the burdens placed upon it.
At this years Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the challenges of representation, racial justice, and more were covered in panels throughout the event.
The same can also be said for the many books exhibited, including a newly published poetry book by Arida Wright.
Titled Crossing the Threshold: Voice of a Black Woman, the books poems tell of Wrights struggles to find her own voice when expressing the impact of racism on her life. If she were to use a single phrase, she described her experience as Black but lives in a White world.
In 1975, Wright was in love with a white boyfriend at an all-white high school, and the experience resulted in severe mental trauma. This pain wouldnt find itself an outlet until much later when she started writing radical poetry that tried to transmute into love.
Wright has spent a lot of time in many poetry writing circles in Key West. And as much as she valued her time in them, she could not escape the difficult fact that she was the only person of color among her groups. She was initially very hesitant to share her work but was surprised when it gained a lot of praise, encouraging her to finally share her poems with the wider world.
With a little help from ReadersMagnet, a book marketing and self-publishing company, Wright has done exactly that by getting her work exhibited in events, such as the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Today, she lives by a philosophy of self-empowerment and wants her book to show what healing from racial prejudice would look like.
Crossing the Threshold: Voice of a Black Woman by Arida Wright is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Crossing the Threshold: Voice of a Black Woman
Author | Arida Wright
Published date | March 25, 2023
Publisher | Book Baby
Genre |Poetry
Author Bio
Arida Wright is a poet and the author of Then Sings My Soul and has a collection of poems in several anthologies. She is President of Powerlines Healing by the Sea Ministries and lives her philosophy of self-empowerment, which for her is a lifelong mission of spirituality. She is a Minister of Metaphysics and a Traditional Reiki Master. She is a member of the Key West Poetry Guild and the Key West Writers Guild. She lives in Key West, FL.
San Diego, CA and Key West, FL – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, March 22, 2023 This book has won the Richard Heyman Award in recognition of Outstanding Literary Achievement.
The moving poetry book Crossing The Threshold: Voice of a Black Woman by Arida Wright will be displayed by self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The literary festival will take place on April 22-23, 2023, at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. Crossing The Threshold is a collection of poetry wherein Arida Wright attempts to discover her voice on racism and prejudice and share how she has been personally affected by both.
Wright is a person of African descent living in a predominantly white society. She never dealt with the trauma of loving her white boyfriend in an all-white high school in 1975 until she wrote radical poetry. Wright turns her poems into expressions of love after sharing her anguish.
As the daughter of a woman who grew up in the Jim Crow era, Arida had to deal with the twisted messages she received as a child and is working hard to overcome them to build her own perspectives without hate.
The book highlights the injustices she faces in American society as she examines and learns the ups and downs of burdens placed upon black society. She even questions how blacks can change their current status by empowering themselves through identifying and acknowledging the incredible assets the Creator gave them as a race.
The author hopes her poems will help white people examine their own prejudices and take the first step toward greater understanding and acceptance of people of various races.
Get a copy of Crossing The Threshold: Voice of a Black Woman by Arida Wright on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Visit the ReadersMagnet exhibit at booth #225 at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books to check out the books display.
Know more about Arida Wright by visiting her website: https://powerlinespublishing.com/. Crossing The Threshold: Voice of a Black Woman Author
Arida Wright is a poet and the author of Then Sings My Soul, and she has a collection of poems in several anthologies. She is President of Powerlines Healing by the Sea Ministries and lives her philosophy of self-empowerment, which for her, is a lifelong mission of spirituality. She is a minister of metaphysics and a traditional Reiki master. She is a member of the Key West Poetry Guild and the Key West Writers Guild. She lives in Key West, FL.
Arida Wright’s Poetry Book “Crossing The Threshold” Will Be Displayed at the 2023 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
The author shares her struggles and her quest to heal from racial prejudice through poetry.
Author | Arida Wright
Genre | Poetry
Publisher | BookBaby
Published date | March 25, 2023Ads
