Ione is the author of Pride of Family, Four Generations of American Women of ColorSummit Books, 1991, Paperback, Avon Books, 1993. Random House Harlem Moon Press, 2004. Recorded Books, 2005 Pride of Family is a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and on The New York Public Library 's list of 25 Books to Remember. Ione's memoir was inspired by the 1868 diary of her great grandmother, Frances Anne Rollin, author of both the earliest known diary written by a black southern woman and the first full length biography by an African American
Ione has been a frequent contributor to The Village Voice, The Christian Science Monitor, Ms., Essence, Vogue, Oggi and numerous other publications. Her journals were published by Ballantine in Private Pages: American Women's Diaries, 1830s -1970s. Other publications include: The Coffee Table Lover, Piramida Negra: Collected Poems, This is a Dream and Listening in Dreams.
Her most recent publications are:
Spell Breaking; Remembered Ways of Being- An Anthology of Women's Mysteries , Edited by IONE. 2013
Spell Breaking 2; Listening to the Dreaming Heart- An Anthology of Women's Mysteries , Edited by IONE. 2017
Ione has been a frequent contributor to The Village Voice, The Christian Science Monitor, Ms., Essence, Vogue, Oggi and numerous other publications. Her journals were published by Ballantine in Private Pages: American Women's Diaries, 1830s -1970s. Other publications include: The Coffee Table Lover, Piramida Negra: Collected Poems, This is a Dream and Listening in Dreams.
Her most recent publications are:
Spell Breaking; Remembered Ways of Being- An Anthology of Women's Mysteries , Edited by IONE. 2013
Spell Breaking 2; Listening to the Dreaming Heart- An Anthology of Women's Mysteries , Edited by IONE. 2017
Pride of Family
In a moving, resonant self-portrait of growing up black and female in America, Ione focuses on the three very different women who raised her. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1937, her childhood and youth were divided between a breezy grandmother, a chorus-line dancer who ran a soul food restaurant catering to the racing set in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; a dignified great-aunt, one of the first black women doctors in Washington; and a tough, tenacious mother who carved out a career as a journalist and writer of murder mysteries in New York City after divorcing her husband, a sociologist.
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Nile Night
Nile Night is a lovely new book of poems that also includes a cd of readings by Ione and music by Pauline Oliveros. 'Nile Night: Remembered Texts from the Deep' will move your mind with sounds, sensations and feelings; arousing your dreams and taking you far into that fabled land of Egypt.
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Listening in Dreams
Listening in Dreams is a journey into the fascinating world of sound and dreams. Begin an exploration in these pages that you can continue every night during sleep. Learn how to create rituals and play with dreams with your friends and family.
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Spell Breaking
The collection Spell Breaking offers intimate glimpses of life-transforming openings in the lives of nineteen women. Though they come from varying cultures, ages, and walks of life, they are united in their drive toward a sense of freedom and well-being. Featuring writings by Ximena Alarcón, Lisa Barnard Kelley, Sangeeta Laura Biagi, Sadee Brathwaite, Monique Buzzarté, Carol Chappell, Liz Gessner, Heloise Gold, Andrea Goodman, Jaclyn Heyen, Andrea Israel, Rachel Koenig, Amshatar "Ololodi" Monroe, Pauline Oliveros, Shirley Parker-Benjamin, Mary Elizabeth Thunder, Julia White, Anne Hemenway, and Julie Winter.
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Spell Breaking 2
Second in the Spell Breaking series, this collection Spell Breaking is dedicated to Pauline Oliveros, who is listening deeply... Spell Breaking 2 builds on the enthusiasm of our first publication, Spell Breaking: Remembered Ways of Being. featuring writings and art work by Anne Bourne, Lydia Afia, Ximena Alarcón, Donnaldson Brown, Marine Bourcelot Caille, Penelope Cookson, Sylvie Decaux, Rebecca Dolinsky, Laura Donnelly, Alexandra Enders, Sue Booth-Forbes, Andrea Goodman, Sarah Heikkinen, Anne Hemenway, Donna Henes, Erika Kramer, Enid Langbert, Michele Lunt, Karen Power, Dorothy Randall Gray, Amy Reed, Jesse Scherer, Starr, Sharon Stewart, Catherine Texier, Toni Thomas, Jacqueline Vogel, Holly Warburton, IONE, Pauline Oliveros
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