River Huston

River Huston is an award winning poet, journalist, performer, painter and activist. She travels through the United States speaking on issues related to sexuality, communication, overcoming challenges and change. She has been featured on Good Morning America, Showtime, Nightline, CNN and ABC Up To The Minute. River has written three books of poetry, Jesus Never Lived Here, The Bone of Susan and In Which I Lost 1000 Pounds as well as The Goddess: A Guide to Feminine Wisdom. Her book, A Positive Life, was the recipient of The Dorthea Lange/ Paul Taylor Award, The Golden Lights award and is used in classrooms around the world. In 1995 she was Honored with a Doctorate of Humanities from Albright College in recognition of her work in the in the community. She has written for the Chicago Tribune, many women's magazines and was a regular sex columnist for POZ magazine for the last 14 years. She currently blogs at thebody.org. She wrote, directed and performed her one women show, Sex, Cellulite and Large Farm Equipment: One Girls Guide to Living and Dying off off Broadway and continues to tour the country using her performances to help raise funds for non-profit agencies nationwide. For more information about River you can go to www.riverhuston.com