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The Journey for the Unseen Beauty
(PHOTO: Courtesy) Editor’s note: The essay below is in response to the What Book Changed Your Life Contest by Marita Golden. Winners receive an autographed copy of Marita Golden’s newest book THE...
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Derrick Weston Brown’s “Wisdom Teeth”
(PHOTO: Marlene Hawthrone-Thomas) Derrick Weston Brown holds an MFA in creative writing, from American University. He is a graduate of the Cave Canem summer workshop for black poets and the VONA summer...
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Making a Difference in Congress Heights
(PHOTO: Courtesy) James Tindle, an award-winning writer and high school senior at Booker T. Washington Charter School, is a writing club veteran. Full disclosure: I’m the senior program director for...
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Averse to Illiteracy: Poets Come Out Against DC’s Ailing Public School Libraries
(PHOTO: Shelia Henderson) Walking past DC’s Watts Park in Northeast, the people stopped in their tracks when they heard Mister Señor Love Daddy, from Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, speaking. The...
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A Message from DCCWW’s Executive Director Nancy Schwalb
(PHOTO: D.C. Creative Writing Workshop) Those who can’t make this event, or who live out of the area, can support our work by visiting our donations page here. Dear friends and supporters, For the past...
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I’ve been BOMBed!
(PHOTO: Courtesy) TIm! Bomb Magazine posted the full interview I conducted with National Book Award Finalist Tim Seibles, who I also profiled in an earlier post. Here’s an excerpt from the intro: Tim...
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Arts Advocates, Unite!
(PHOTO: Alan King) The D.C. Creative Writing Workshop’s writing club members who placed at the 2013 Parkmont Poetry Competition. In a previous post, I talked about why poetry matters. Now, with the...
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What the PLUCK!
Here’s the rundown on this journal, according to the editorial team: pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture, takes its name from a Nikky Finney poem of the same title which appeared in...
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#LeHintonInDC
Last night, Le Hinton brought the house down with a wonderful reading at the Wohlfarth Galleries in D.C.’s Brookland neighborhood. Read about it.
View ArticleConcerning Craft: Alan King and His Sources of Inspiration — Little Patuxent...
Big thanks to The Little Patuxent Review for inviting me to submit this guest blog post as part of their Concerning Craft series. When the impulse hits and the words come, I keep myself open for how...
View ArticleThis Viral Artist Is Creating Opportunities for Other Creatives
Derrick Weston Brown went viral with his poem, “We Can’t Have Nothing.” How viral did it go? It was all over the internet. Some inmates at San Quintin State Prison did a dramatic interpretation of it....
View ArticleVideo: Creative Ways to Connect with Readers Through Poetry Videos
Here’s a snippet from my latest YouTube video where I talk about poetry videos. I talk about using them to find my publisher, get reviews, and how they even come with unexpected benefits! Watch the...
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