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Pictures: Out and About



















An open mic at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 2017.
Jackie Robinson Poetry Day, September 2018
Rehearsal for Adinkra House:
Musician Thomas Johnson, Carla, and Tanya
Performing with Art Crawl Harlem at The New York City Poetry Festival 2021
The 8th annual Independent Authors Book Experience, NJ, August 2021.
Performing with fellow iiPublishing authors Michel M. Antoine, Tonii Langhorne (President of iiPublishing), Dara Kalima, and Jacob Mose at the NYC Poetry Festival 2021
With fellow authors Marc Polite, Taneeka Wilder, and Keisha Molby-Baez at Jackie Robinson Poetry Day 2018
Jam session with Richard Symister, Tony Flags, and Jack Stubbs, 2017
Book Release Party for Carla M. Cherry and Dr. Tanya Manning-Yarde at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, October 17, 2017
Tanya, Carla and her son with jazz musicians Abraham Burton and Eric McPherson
Tanya and Carla perform at Adinkra House, March 2018
Celebrating my prize-winning poem "Ode to Harlem" with Art Crawl Harlem's Director, Ulysses Williams at Kente Royal Gallery, December 2020
Performing "Ode to Menopause" during the open mic at the 12th Anniversary Celebration of Women Writers in Bloom, Brooklyn, NY. April 22, 2023
My chapbook from Grandma Moses Press!
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