I sometimes perform with The Poetry Brothel—Boston chapter, as both a poet & fortune teller.

Here’s word from the Brothel: Salem, MA, we’ll put a spell on you 🔮 Catch us this Saturday, May 6th, at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival at Gulu-Gulu Cafe 🎪 We’ll be providing the late night entertainment with poetry, burlesque, tarot, palm readings, and more ✨ Festival admission gets you one token plus readings, workshops, and more all weekend!

Would love to see you there! Here’s the link!

https://masspoetryfest2023.sched.com/event/1LG1r/the-poetry-brothel

Happy May! And Happy Bealtaine! Here’s my free tarot offering in Bustle with a deep look at what’s to come and how to navigate it. I also have a beautiful Romani resource this month, one of my favorite animated folktales. 

Subscribe at any Patreon level for the in-depth month ahead video. xo

Lora O’Brien, Irish witch & historian, reminds us not to give anything away from tonight till noon tomorrow on Bealtaine because that is giving your wealth away. So if you observe the holiday keep this bit of faerie lore in mind. Wishing you all abundance 🌸🌷💐

Here’s note from Lora on the holiday— she’s my favorite resource on anything Irish paganism: https://loraobrien.ie/tag/bealtaine/

We at Romanistan are so delighted to share this interview with Rowena Marin, writer of Who Am I in the World?, the memoir you have to read.

Rowena is also Global Agency Lead at Google, in New York. She is the co-founder of The School of Reinvention – a company meant to help people align with their passions and purpose. Rowena comes from a closed community of Silversmith Roma from Romania and managed to succeed in her career through education based in Romania, Spain, France, India, and China. She writes about her story in order to encourage other young women from closed communities to pursue education, grow and define themselves beyond any labels.

This episode deals with some heavy themes, like the 500 years of Romani enslavement in Romania, genocide, racism, sexism, domestic violence, & more. But this episode is also full of resilience, and hope.

Our Romani crushes this episode are Giuvlipen and E-Romnja.

Listen to Romanistan wherever you get podcasts, and please enter our raffle & check out our merch to help us make more episodes! Foretold, created by the Los Angeles Times, which features co-host Paulina’s life story, is now out with new episodes every Tuesday. Check out our episode debriefs too, and our Patreon for extra content.