{"id":2939,"date":"2014-09-09T18:34:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T18:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=2939"},"modified":"2015-02-22T23:17:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T23:17:56","slug":"and-then-the-rain-god-screamed-for-love-poem-video-aberjhani-audio-nordette-n-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/and-then-the-rain-god-screamed-for-love-poem-video-aberjhani-audio-nordette-n-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"And then the Rain God Screamed for Love. Poem Video. Aberjhani.Audio. Nordette N Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"And Then the Rain God Screamed for Love by Aberjhani\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lxGTLmKLYvM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nordette-n-adams-BAM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nordette-n-adams-BAM-300x282.png\" alt=\"nordette-n-adams-BAM\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nordette-n-adams-BAM-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nordette-n-adams-BAM-150x141.png 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nordette-n-adams-BAM-400x376.png 400w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nordette-n-adams-BAM.png 764w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Nordette N. Adams is a published poet and published fiction writer. She grew up in New Orleans, moved away at 20, and returned in 2007. In 2013, at the invitation of then Louisiana&#8217;s State Poet Laureate Julie Kane, she participated in the reading &#8220;Just Listen to Yourself&#8221; at the Louisiana State Library. She is also a contributing editor at BlogHer.com. You may read more about her at  <a href=\"http:\/\/writingjunkie.net\/info \">writingjunkie.net\/info <\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Author_Poet_Aberjhani_2_dark_rainbow_profile_bio_art_by_PosteredPoetics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Author_Poet_Aberjhani_2_dark_rainbow_profile_bio_art_by_PosteredPoetics-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Author_Poet_Aberjhani_2_dark_rainbow_profile_bio_art_by_PosteredPoetics\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Author_Poet_Aberjhani_2_dark_rainbow_profile_bio_art_by_PosteredPoetics-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Author_Poet_Aberjhani_2_dark_rainbow_profile_bio_art_by_PosteredPoetics-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Author_Poet_Aberjhani_2_dark_rainbow_profile_bio_art_by_PosteredPoetics-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Author_Poet_Aberjhani_2_dark_rainbow_profile_bio_art_by_PosteredPoetics-400x565.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Author_Poet_Aberjhani_2_dark_rainbow_profile_bio_art_by_PosteredPoetics.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>The American-born author Aberjhani is a widely-published historian, poet, essayist, fiction writer, journalist, and editor. He is a member of PEN International\u2019s PEN American Center and the Academy of American Poets as well as the founder of Creative Thinkers International. He launched the 100th Anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance Initiative in 2011 and during the same period introduced netizens to concept of guerrilla decontextualization via a series of essays and website of the same name.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nHe has authored a dozen books in diverse genres and edited (or sometimes co-edited) the same number. His published works include the Choice Academic Title Award-winning Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, the social media-inspired Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry, the modern classic ELEMENTAL The Power of Illuminated Love (a collection of ekphrastic verse featuring art by Luther E. Vann), and the frequently-quoted poetry collection, The River of Winged Dreams.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAmong his works as an editor are the Savannah Literary Journal (1994-2001), plus the Civil War Savannah Book Series titles: \u201cSavannah: Immortal City\u201d (2011), and \u201cSavannah: Brokers, Bankers, and Bay Lane-Inside the Slave Trade\u201d (2012). In 2014, Aberjhani was among a limited number of authors invited to publish blogs on LinkedIn. 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