Post by sahearo38 on May 21, 2012 17:22:50 GMT -5
Releasing her first full book of poetry at the mere age of twenty-one, a now twenty-nine year old Amber Tamblyn has blossomed into an exceptional young woman, actress and poet who constantly uses her voice to be the change she wants to see in the world.
Born on May 14, 1983 in Venice, California to actor Russ Tamblyn and his wife Bonnie, Tamblyn began her life as an actress at the young age of nine. Growing up on the television sets of General Hospital and Joan Of Arcadia, Tamblyn experienced all the usual teenage growing pains in the public eye, inspiring her to be “someone [for young girls] to look up to who has a brain and ideas."
Tamblyn tackles the common issues of body image and self-acceptance in her poetry, preaching to young girls to follow their own paths instead of being influenced by the media. She stands up for woman of all shapes and sizes in her poetry asking, “how am I to fit into your bulimia?” in her poem “A Valid Question Ensues Unstitched.”
Tamblyn’s first poem “Kill Me So Much” was published in The San Francisco Chronicle when she was just 12, and she has not stopped writing since. Soon after, Tamblyn self-published two collections of poetry, art and photography entitled Plenty Of Ships and Of The Dawn. Simon & Schuster published her next two works, Free Stallion and Bang Ditto, in 2005 and 2009, respectively.
Currently, Tamblyn performs regular solo poetry readings around the country, and also conducts the "Not-Your-Typical-Poetry-Reading" with her mother accompanying her on guitar. Tamblyn explains, “it is a collaboration of sass, grief, triumph and sometimes- if it's not at a school- Maker's Mark Whiskey."
While Tamblyn could easily live a glamorous and carefree life as a successful actress, she chooses to use her work in television and movies as a way to help her “search for the meaning of life.” What makes Tamblyn different from her follow Hollywood “it girls” is her ability to recognize the power of her own fame and her dedication to poetry, which she calls “the most powerful human expression on Earth.”
Tamblyn wishes to see a change in the young people currently living in a very materialistic 21st century. Her ability to be relatable throughout her poems with pop culture references to social media websites like Twitter and popular actors like Ryan Gosling not only make her poems fun to read, but also help convey her powerful message. She begs her audience in her poem, “Dear Demographic”, to “make their own era" and “leave [their] mark on the world with something that can’t be chosen from a tattoo book of Chinese symbols for the lower back.”
As poet Michael McClure said, “Here's a poet with the courage and liveliness to speak for her generation—and for mine. She is not afraid of politics or anti-politics of either the government or of her body, including the twists of emotional beauty and deep rage. To paraphrase Emerson, these poems are as old as the rock and as new as the foam."
I am thrilled to introduce our favorite sister in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, actress, activist and poet, Amber Tamblyn.
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Born on May 14, 1983 in Venice, California to actor Russ Tamblyn and his wife Bonnie, Tamblyn began her life as an actress at the young age of nine. Growing up on the television sets of General Hospital and Joan Of Arcadia, Tamblyn experienced all the usual teenage growing pains in the public eye, inspiring her to be “someone [for young girls] to look up to who has a brain and ideas."
Tamblyn tackles the common issues of body image and self-acceptance in her poetry, preaching to young girls to follow their own paths instead of being influenced by the media. She stands up for woman of all shapes and sizes in her poetry asking, “how am I to fit into your bulimia?” in her poem “A Valid Question Ensues Unstitched.”
Tamblyn’s first poem “Kill Me So Much” was published in The San Francisco Chronicle when she was just 12, and she has not stopped writing since. Soon after, Tamblyn self-published two collections of poetry, art and photography entitled Plenty Of Ships and Of The Dawn. Simon & Schuster published her next two works, Free Stallion and Bang Ditto, in 2005 and 2009, respectively.
Currently, Tamblyn performs regular solo poetry readings around the country, and also conducts the "Not-Your-Typical-Poetry-Reading" with her mother accompanying her on guitar. Tamblyn explains, “it is a collaboration of sass, grief, triumph and sometimes- if it's not at a school- Maker's Mark Whiskey."
While Tamblyn could easily live a glamorous and carefree life as a successful actress, she chooses to use her work in television and movies as a way to help her “search for the meaning of life.” What makes Tamblyn different from her follow Hollywood “it girls” is her ability to recognize the power of her own fame and her dedication to poetry, which she calls “the most powerful human expression on Earth.”
Tamblyn wishes to see a change in the young people currently living in a very materialistic 21st century. Her ability to be relatable throughout her poems with pop culture references to social media websites like Twitter and popular actors like Ryan Gosling not only make her poems fun to read, but also help convey her powerful message. She begs her audience in her poem, “Dear Demographic”, to “make their own era" and “leave [their] mark on the world with something that can’t be chosen from a tattoo book of Chinese symbols for the lower back.”
As poet Michael McClure said, “Here's a poet with the courage and liveliness to speak for her generation—and for mine. She is not afraid of politics or anti-politics of either the government or of her body, including the twists of emotional beauty and deep rage. To paraphrase Emerson, these poems are as old as the rock and as new as the foam."
I am thrilled to introduce our favorite sister in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, actress, activist and poet, Amber Tamblyn.
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