Zayra Yves is an independent artist who established her own publishing business, Magdalena & Co. She has published two of her poetry books, "Empty as Nirvana" and "Ordinary Substance," as well as studio produced two full audio collections of her poetry, "Crowned Compassion" and "Sleep in the Sea Tonight with Me." In addition, she recently published "fire lily: flower of the flame" a book of love poetry written by Nicolette van der Walt from South Africa and released it in global distribut...
Zayra Yves is an independent artist who established her own publishing business, Magdalena & Co. She has published two of her poetry books, "Empty as Nirvana" and "Ordinary Substance," as well as studio produced two full audio collections of her poetry, "Crowned Compassion" and "Sleep in the Sea Tonight with Me." In addition, she recently published "fire lily: flower of the flame" a book of love poetry written by Nicolette van der Walt from South Africa and released it in global distribution. Zayra's creative writing is published in numerous print journals, anthologies, on-line e-zines and magazines: The Zimbabwe Situation, Panhandler Quarterly, Voices for Africa, Eyes of the Poet, Kreativ, Reflections IIT Madras (India), Edge Life Magazine, Poetry Life & Times, Astropoetica, Alehouse Press, 34th Parallel, Feeling is First. She has appeared as a featured guest on: Integral Naked (2006 & 2007), West Marin Community Radio, SW Radio Africa, North Western University Chicago, Zimvibes, Coolfire (UK), Women's Radio Network, Perfectly Said, Mazungue Studio One, TWiN (UK), Big Heart/Big Mind seminiar in LA. Her short story "Exit Ashes, Exit Blues, Exit This Life" won an honorable mention in Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope All Story contest. Zayra's fine art collection has appeared from 1998 to present at the following locations: Dore Dore Gallery, San Mateo; Somar Gallery, San Francisco; UC Berkeley, San Francisco Campus; Body Harmony, San Francisco; Dana Street Cafe, Mountain View; Cafe Libro, Mountain View; Maitri Art Show & Auction, Embarcadero Center; Cad's Coffee Shop, Los Osos; One World Cafe, San Francisco; The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles. Currently she is working on her third audio collection, a book of short stories and a new art series.Visit her website:http://www.zayrayves.com
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