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    Short Hand
    Short Hand
    Short Hand
    Ebook153 pages45 minutes

    Short Hand

    By Carmen White

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    This collection of poems and short stories marks a turning point for Carmen White. A musician transforms songs into lyrical wordplay in short splashes of colorful language.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarmen White
    Release dateOct 24, 2018
    ISBN9780463859100
    Short Hand
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    Carmen White

    Carmen White is a singer, a bass player, a cook, and a dedicated mediator since 2009. She is the founder and principal mediator of Metta Mediation. A bay area resident since 1992, she has been in several bands, including Nebuchadnezzer and Cypher in the Snow. All along the way she has found herself in an amazing array of creative projects from dance to performance art, starting at the Luna Sea Women's Performance Project and Red Dora's Bearded Lady Cafe. Most recently, Carmen performed in the musical A Roof Over My Head, written by Alison Wright and Tommi Avicolli Mecca. She is thrilled to take on the title role in King Lear in 2019.

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