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04/07/2024

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P*sa Loves Bella: A Towering Tale of Kindness: Certified Great Read June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 | Fatima KhanFatima Khan | 0 Comment | 10:00 am P*sa Loves Bella: A Towering Tale of Kindness by Kimberley Lovato: Certified Great Read–Book Review   Congratulations to Kimberley Lovato! P*s...

06/06/2024

Just a few more weeks until my first children’s picture book, PISA LOVES BELLA, is released. I’ve seen it and couldn’t be more proud of how it turned out.

It’s available for review and pre-order, and I’ll be hosting a fun celebration on August 7 at Sausalito Books by the Bay ! Mark your calendars!!!

Written by a travel writer, told in engaging rhyme, and adorned with joyful art, memorable verses, and Italian words, P*sa Loves Bella (MB Publishing) is a celebratory and heartfelt story—as sweet as spumoni!—about kindness towards others and oneself. In this inspiring tale narrated by Bella, It...

15/11/2018

Truly one of our best WW ever. The stories were well-written, well-read, thought provoking, and essential. Thank you to everyone for cramming into our little space at Café Bastille and welcoming Cristina, Yodassa, Sriram, and Faith. We laughed, we cried, we learned, and we were inspired! Thank you all! And thank you Faith Adiele for VONA and all you do. And Don George for always being a gracious and effervescent host.

12/11/2018

Happy Monday Wanderlusters! This Wednesday, November 14 we are welcoming VONA writers, and you won't want to miss their inspiring tales of travel. Our event is at Cafe Bastille (22 Belden Pl) at 7pm sharp, but come socialize with us a little earlier if you can. Our last bio is that of Dr. Cristina Rose (VONA Travel ’13) . Grand-daughter of Priscilla of New Mexico and Concepcion of Cebu, Cristina was born in LA and has a PhD in Women’s Philosophy from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. Her artwork “Sacred Heart of Mango” appears in Jota with Korima Press, while her article “Stories of Multicultural Integrative Solidarity” appears in Vibrant Voices with Goddess Ink. As a mother, an artist, a writer, and a Gender and Ethnic Studies Professor at CSU-Dominguez Hills, Cristina is engaged with muxer-affirming and indigenous-rooted communities based out of Long Beach. She identifies as a QWOC Feminista- Artivist- Pin@y- Latinx- Traveler- Farmer- Survivor. Follow on Instagram ( and ) and

About Grand-daughter of Priscilla of New Mexico and Concepcion of Cebu, Dr. Cristina Rose was born in LA and has a PhD in Women’s Philosophy from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She is a member of Voices of Our Nations Art Foundation (VONA) and her most recent public...

10/11/2018

Hello Wanderluster! Our event is just around the corner and our readers have been brushing up their storytelling skills just for you! Please come out on Wednesday November 14 to Cafe Bastille (22 Belden Pl). Readings start promptly at 7pm but there will be drinks at 6pm. RSVP at our event page, please.

Our next BIO is that of Yodassa Williams (VONA Travel '17). Known in the Bay Area as “The Black Burning Man Girl”, Yodassa is a q***r black writer and award-winning performing storyteller. Her fiction and poetry weave worlds of fantasy, while her nonfiction explores her travel adventures. She will be reading from her forthcoming memoir about her personal evolution over 5 years spent as a “Burner”. An alumna of the VONA/Voices Travel Writing Workshop, Yodassa was selected for the Fortify Writer’s Retreat (2018) and won Grand Prize at Awaken Café’s Storytelling Showdown (2016) and 1st Prize at StorySlam Oakland (2016 & 2017). She teaches storytelling craft to girls of color through Girls, Inc., and her storytelling podcast, The Black Girl Magic Files, is available on iTunes and Soundcloud. Come give her and the others a warm Weekday Wanderlust welcome.

08/11/2018

Hi Wanderlusters. We are looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday, November 14. Remember we are temporarily at Cafe Bastille (22 Belden Pl, San Francisco). We are thrilled to be welcoming Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) readers, along with founder Faith Adiele.

Our first reader BIO is that of talented Sriram Shamasunder, MD (VONA Travel ‘14). He is a doctor/poet who started writing poetry in college at UC Berkeley, where he studied and taught with June Jordan’s Poetry for the People. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF and co-founder of the HEAL Initiative, a health workforce fellowship with 50+ fellows in 7 countries and the Navajo Nation. He was awarded the Young Physician of the Year (2010) by the Northern California Chapter of the American College of Physicians, named an Asia21 Fellow (2012) by the Asia Foundation, and selected to be a Fulbright-Nehru scholar to India (2012). He is interested in telling necessary, under-told stories, as well as health equity. His 2016 Berkeley Tedx talk is entitled "Whose Suffering Matters Less and Why?”

Please RSVP at our event page. Readings start promptly at 7pm but we will be socializing at 6pm. PLEASE SHARE THIS INVITE/ INVITE FRIENDS.

12/10/2018

Good news Wanderlusters---We have a temporary home for November 14! Woot! Cafe Bastille has generously offered their downstairs space. It's a little cramped but we love each other right? And the important thing is our stellar readers. Faith Adiele has selected three VONA (Voices of our Nation Arts foundation) writers and we couldn't be more excited to hear them read their tales. They are Dr. Sriram Shamasunder, Yodassa Williams, and Dr. Cristina Rose. We will be posting their impressive bios in a couple of weeks but for now MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Cafe Bastille WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14th. 6pm socializing, 7pm readings. Address is 22 Belden Place, a small alleyway in the Financial District, between Bush and Pine, and just a few blocks from the Montgomery BART station. Check out the great work that VONA does at their website.

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