Traci Gourdine:  

CLASS OF 1976
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Our Lady of the Valley High SchoolClass of 1976
Orange, NJ
Montclair High SchoolClass of 1976
Montclair, NJ

Traci's Story

Traci's schools include Our Lady Of the Valley High School. Traci received a B.A. from UC Davis (English Writing) , after attending Roger Williams University (English Writing) . She received a M.A. from San Francisco State University. Traci is a tenured professor of English at American River College, and was Chair of Creative Writing for the California State Summer School For The Arts (csssa), She was a contract artist for the William James Association. Music Traci likes includes Proxy Moon, db HELIX, St. Heron. Books Traci likes include Spark: A Creative Anthology, Reynolds Price, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept. Movies Traci likes include The Sessions, A Place to Stand Doc...Expand for more
umentary, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. TV shows Traci likes include The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell, Good Morning America, Black Folk Don't. One of Traci's favorite quotes is:""To be a true artist means never to avert one's eyes.""(Akira Sukawawa) "The mind thinks in pictures not with words" (Dan Langton) "It's one thing to be heartbroken by some man; it's another thing to be inconvenienced by one. Never allow yourself to be inconvenienced by ANY man." (what I whispered into my weeping daughter's ear) "The last thing I want to say on my death bed is "damn"!" (my own motto. It comes to me when I want to deny the risky thrill of attempting a dream or goal)".
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Yearbooks

Montclair High School 1973 yearbook cover photo
1973 Yearbook
Montclair High School
MONTCLAIR, NJ
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I still have that massive photo taken by Larry Shapiro at CSSSA/ CalArts. Had to have been sometime in 1988 89? Valerie Soe, do you still have yours? It's a classic!
Traci Gourdine's album, Timeline photos
Traci Gourdine's album, Timeline photos
Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?
"Who wants to help me with the fireworks this year?"
What my students look like at 1 am the night before papers are due. I'm considering using this graphic in syllabi
Odd similarities there. Just sayin.
Happy voters in L.A. My daughter Mara, and son-in-law David went a votin'! Don't they look relieved?
Look closely, put it in your wallet, and have it at hand when you meet the blind
I loved the stories he told about his days in the navy, and one in particular was a favorite I would always request when he was in story telling mode. He faced down a diner owner in N.C who refused service to him and any o
Happy Birthday, Mom!
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My grandfather, Sergil Cave, who immigrated from the island of Barbados.
My great grandfather, Charles Latrobe Cave. 50 years. Barbados, West Indies
Happy Birthday to my daughter, Mara. She's flying home from Bali today, and says turning 39 doesn't officially count if you're in the air. She'll claim it at a later date.
Mara just sent: "Happy Real Mother's Day, Mommy!" greeting. Looks like she had a great time in Bali.
My daughter Mara sends me pictures of her adventures, and sometimes I know who she's with and sometimes I don't. Billy Idol ring a bell to anyone? Name's familiar...guess I'm showing I'm out of the loop. But that's my ki
My daughter at work in Cagliari, Italy.
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Gourdine by any other name is still Gourdine!
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