MEET THE ARTIST
Dear MANGO Friends,
Julie Maloney, President

I am delighted to introduce you to MANGO.

After dancing on the beach on vacation, I returned home inspired to develop a company dedicated to the creative spirit in each of us. As a writer and photographer, my work combines my passion for the written word and my love for the captured image. Therefore, it seems natural to include both in my vision. As the founder of MANGO, I believe that a handwritten note is a gift - one that all of us are able to give. I invite you to have a seat, read, dream a little, and then begin to write. May MANGO inspire you to speak from the heart.

Be well. Be happy.

Julie Maloney
Founder - MANGO

 

"Give the gift of words with images that inspire"

   

Julie Maloney has worked in the arts as a performer and educator her entire life.  She is a writer, photographer and teacher.  As the former Artistic Director and choreographer of the JULIE MALONEY DANCE COMPANY, a professional modern dance company, Julie performed throughout the metropolitan New York, New Jersey areas for thirteen years.  She has taught writing on both the high school and college levels.  Her book of poetry, Private Landscape, was released in fall, 2007, by Arseya Publishing.  Her poetry has been published in several issues of WomenKin, and other literary anthologies including Tiferet, the Edison Literary Review and the Paterson Literary Review.  She is a writer for SilkPurse Woman Magazine.  "Widow-in-Training," an essay, has appeared on MORE.COM.  Her photography and text have been featured in the Valdosta Voice. 

Julie is founder/director of WOMEN READING ALOUD, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that promotes women writers in New Jersey and beyond.  WRA holds special events and on-going writing workshops throughout the year.  Full day programs invite women writers of all genres to share their work in a salon type setting.  Workshops are modeled after the Amherst Writers and Artists Method.  Visit www.womenreadingaloud.org for a calendar of events.

READINGS, LECTURES, and WORKSHOPS

2011

 

Jan. 15th

 

 

Feb. 5th

 

Feb. 26th

 

 

March 5th

 

 

March 16th - May 4th

 

 

 

March 17th -  May 5th

 

 

March 26th

 

 

March 27th

 

 

 

 

April 9th

 

 

April 29, 30, May 1st

 

 

 

 

June 15th - June 24th

 

 

 

2010

 

 

Sept. 15th

9:30 AM - 12: PM

Sept. 16th

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM  

 

Sept. 29, 2010

7 PM

 

 

Oct. 17, 2010

2 PM

 

 

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January 30, 2010

9:30 AM- 4:00 PM

 

 

March 13, 2010

1 - 4 PM

 

 

March 20, 2010

10 AM - 1 PM

 

 

March 17th - May 5th

March 18th - May 6th

2010

 

 

April 23, 24, 25th

2010

 

 

 

May 5, 2010

7 PM

 

 

2009

 

May 1, 2009

7 PM

 

 

June 14, 2009

 

 

July 11, 2009

 

 

July 8, 15, 22, 29

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Sept. 16, 23, 30

Oct. 7th

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

 

 

November 2, 2009

6:30 PM

 

 

 

 

December 17, 2009

7 PM

 

 

 

 

Writing Workshop

Carol G. Simon Cancer Center

Morristown Memorial Hospital

 

Work-In-Progress Series #1

WOMEN READING ALOUD

 

Featured Poet

Classic Quiche Cafe

Teaneck, NJ

8 PM

 

Work-In-Progress #2

WOMEN READING ALOUD

 

Spring Workshop Series - 8 weeks

Randolph, NJ

WOMEN READING ALOUD

Wednesday: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

 

Spring Workshop Series - 8 weeks

Randolph, NJ

WOMEN READING ALOUD

Thursday: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

 

"Girl Talk"

Poetry Readings

West Caldwell Public Library

1 - 4 PM

 

Author Series

"Tea and Conversation"

Hosted by Julie Maloney with

Novelist, Joyce Hinnefeld

Bernardsville Public Library

Call: 908 766-0118

Reservations Suggested

 

Work-in-Progress #3

WOMEN READING ALOUD

 

 

Writer's Weekend Retreat

The Beacon House

Sea Girt, NJ

WOMEN READING ALOUD

www.womenreadingaloud.org

 

 

Writer's Retreat

Alonissos, Greece

www.zoeartemis.com/greece.htm

Contact: 646 353-9289

 

 

 

 

Workshop Series - 8 weeks

Randolph, NJ

WOMEN READING ALOUD

Call: 973 927-6354

 

 

Writing Workshop

Randolph Public Library

28 Calais Rd.

Randolph, NJ 07869

 

"Tea and Conversation"

Julie interviews Amy Ferris,

author of "Marrying Geoge Clooney"

Bernardsville Public Library

Reservations Recommended:

908 766-0118

 

 

Workshop: Writing Wellness Day

WOMEN READING ALOUD

call: 973 927-6354

 

Girl Talk: A Women's

                  Poetry Reading

West Caldwell Public Library

West Caldwell, NJ 07006

 

Writing Workshop

Pompton Plains, NJ

Workshop Series

 

Workshop Series

Visit: www.womenreadingaloud.org

call: 973 927-6354

 

 

 

WRITER'S WEEKEND RETREAT

Sea Girt, NJ

The Beacon House

Hosted by WOMEN READING ALOUD

Visit: www.womenreadingaloud.org

 

Randolph Public Library

Writing Workshop for All

Calais Road

Randolph, NJ 07869

 

 

 

"Invoke the Muse"

The Muse in Montclair

Unitarian Universalist Church

67 Church St.

Montclair, NJ

 

BOOKS NEW JERSEY

FESTIVAL

Paramus Public Library

Bergen County, NJ

 

Workshop: Writing Wellness Day

www.womenreadingaloud.org

Randolph, NJ

973 927-6354

 

Workshop Series

Carol G. Simon Cancer Center,

Morristown Memorial Hospital

Morristown, NJ

973 971-6514

 

DANCING ON THE PAGE

Poetry Reading with

Susanna Rich and

Joan Cusack Handler

Mid-Manhattan Library

The New York Public Library

40th St. and 5th Ave.

New York, NY 10016

212 340-0837

 

Reading

with Cat Doty, Peter Murphy, and

Deborah deVeglia

Middletown Public Library

Middletown, NJ

 

 

 

   
 
MANGO MESSAGE
Each month, Julie will offer a poem, vignette, or excerpt from her work.

 

HE LOVES ME THE WAY HE KNOWS BEST

 

He scoops me up off the toilet bowl

     and carries me back to bed

I have fallen asleep again, not deeply,

     but my eyelids are closed

And I cannot move one inch from

     the tissue paper roll

 

I recognize his hands under my thighs

They are strong and clean

For cutting vegetables in the kitchen

Chopping away the brown spots into the sink

 

He brings me oatmeal and tea and toast

     with jam

Grills cheese and tomato sandwiches

     and plates them with a pickle

Buys bruschetta and Italian bread to sop up

     the red juice

Never mentions my bald head and round belly

 

At night he tucks the sheets under my chin

Places the prayer beads in my hands

Climbs next to me in bed

Near the hole in my chest


 
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