MINNEAPOLIS (September 7, 2007) — Augsburg Fortress is delighted to announce that two of the writings of author Julia Dinsmore will be featured on a new CD entitled Give US Your Poor.

Two years in the making, this fund-raising CD created by Appleseed Recordings and the national Give US Your Poor organization at University of Massachusetts in Boston brings together established musicians, socially committed actors and currently or previously homeless musicians in a collection of mostly exclusive new recordings that address the ongoing crisis of homelessness in America.

A broad spectrum of artists, genres, and styles on Give US Your Poor makes the CD a moving, engrossing, and enjoyable, as well as educational, experience. Among the performers:

Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger join together to perform the folk classic, "Hobo's Lullaby."

Jon Bon Jovi represents the "arena rock" camp, pairing up with the formerly indigent Mighty Sam McClain on the rousing, gospel-inflected "Show Me the Way."

For the AAA/Starbucks crowd, there are new tracks from the latest sophisticated, jazz-influenced and popular female singer-songwriters—Madeleine Peyroux and Sonya Kitchell—and from their more established musical sisters, including Bonnie Raitt (performing a rowdy version of "Walking the Dog" with bluesman Weepin' Willie Robinson), Natalie Merchant (surrounded by six veterans of homelessness), Michelle Shocked, and Jewel.

Other contributors include bluesman Keb' Mo', the famed political/gospel a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, acclaimed "kid's music" rocker Dan Zanes, newly revived indie band Buffalo Tom, opera singer Mario Frangoulis, and actor/activists Tim Robbins and Danny Glover.

You will also hear music by and read about those whom society has tried to ignore, such as teenager Nichole Cooper and 11-year-old Kyla Middleton, formerly homeless military veterans Michael Sullivan and Weepin' Willie, and outspoken poet/advocate Julia K. Dinsmore, whose two contributions are read by Danny Glover.

Included are Dinsmore’s poems My Name is Not Those People, and When We Left Minneapolis, both from her new book entitled My Name is Child of God ... Not “Those People” from Augsburg Fortress.

Almost all of the profits raised by the release of the Give US Your Poor CD will be donated to organizations benefiting the homeless; Appleseed donates a portion of its profits from many of its CDs to environmental, human rights, and other progressive organizations. The Give Us Your Poor CD is available on Amazon.com.

To learn more about the works of this inspiring author read:

My Name is Child of God ... Not "Those People"
By Julia K. Dinsmore
Item Number: 978-0-8006-5624-3
Details: 5.5" x 8.5", paperback, 160 pages
Price: $13.99 / CAN $16.99
Publisher: Augsburg Books

For more information about this book visit My Name is Child of God ... Not "Those People"