Mixed Remixed Festival

Race-Shifting in New Novel by Jess Row

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yourfaceinmineI’m excited to read this new book by Jess Row, Your Face in Mine.  It’s about a white Jewish man who undergoes racial re-assignment surgery and becomes a black man.  It puts me in mind of one of my favorite books by George Schuyler called Black No More.  You can read a little about the book here in a New York Times story by Felicia Lee. And read Festival favorite writer Emily Raboteau’s New York Times Book Review take on the book here. —Heidi Durrow

1st Mixed Remixed Write-In Now in Seattle and LA! Oct. 11 at 11am

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UPDATE: THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD ON OCT. 25, 2014 AT 11AM.  SAME LOCATIONS! We’re excited to have our very first write-in.  Now you can meet-up in Los Angeles and the Seattle Area.  Bring your neglected work-in-progress and laptop or paper and pen and get energized by your fellow Mixed Remixed writers.  And please let us know that you’re coming so we can save some tables together!  RSVP here.

Los Angeles: at the Coffee Connection, 3838 S. Centinela Avenue, LA, CA.

Seattle: Third Place Books, Lake Forest Place, 17171 NE Bothell Way, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

See you then! – Heidi Durrow

100-Foot Journey: Movie Review

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I reviewed the book this film is based on for NPR a few years ago so I was eager to see how it translated to the big screen. And can I say I thought it translated quite well!

It’s a sweet fairy-tale kind of story and it’s also the kind of story that the Mixed Remixed Festival loves to celebrate: a story about our racial and cultural connectedness.  I don’t think I’m spoiling it by saying that the story features not one but two interracial relationships.  And well, it’s just a lovely story about longing, and dreaming and what it really means to make your dreams come true.  Check it out! I think you’ll like it a lot!–Heidi Durrow

Who Should be the Next Storyteller’s Prize Recipient?

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Heidi Durrow, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan PeeleThis year’s Storyteller’s Prize winners were just amazing and we can’t wait to share some video with you soon from that wonderful award show.  In the meantime, we’re asking you: who deserves a Storyteller’s Prize for 2015?  Let us know who you think we should pick! Share your ideas here.-Heidi Durrow

1st Mixed Remixed Write-In Oct. 11: Save the Date

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IMG_4631We’re excited to have our very first write-in on Oct. 11 11am-1pm at the Coffee Connection, 3838 S. Centinela Avenue, LA, CA.  Bring your neglected work-in-progress and laptop or paper and pen and get energized by your fellow Mixed Remixed writers.  And please let us know that you’re coming so we can save some tables together!  RSVP here.  See you then! – Heidi Durrow

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