TWH/Clemson $1,000 Slam March 29, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.: See 6 prolific spoken word geniuses compete for $1,000; Kung Fu Cantina, 101 Keith St., Clemson, S.C. (Free and open to the public) Summer Retreat Series March 1, 2017 applications will open for three themed small group weekends of writing. #TWHatAWP February 9 and 10, 2017: 2 Evening...
You can join the online classroom by computer or phone. It’s quick and easy! Here’s what you need to know. If you use your computer, you will need headphones, a microphone, and a quiet room. If you call in, you might want to download any documents that we use ahead of time. If you received a...
Artists are responding to the violence against black bodies Online Radio Telethon 12 hours, Many hosts, Tweet us @TWHPoetry #TWHImpact Jan. 9, 2015, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. We’re raising awareness and donations for this protestor legal fees. DONATE HERE Check out this clip from the upcoming show.
“Maganda” I watch your body twist towards the wall and away from me as we lay a world apart on our queen size. Maganda This is unmeasured pain. I use a term that your family did not teach you. I reach my hand to yours and together we can face lost histories. Maganda Your expression...
“Because Your Mama Ain’t” no dishwasher, no garbage man, no mildew-out-the-grout scrubber, gnats fester in your house. You are not old enough to make your hardwood floors shine with your knees bent like a civilian man afraid to bleed so gnats buzz—or do whatever they do. One night soon, too many of those gnats will...
“Somebody Gave Me This Madness” Ain’t it painful to feel an itch coming, knowing full well you ain’t gon be able to scratch it. –ej raines When we fuck, I think to myself trembling: men disappear and this is how it happens— with gentle weeping and the gnashing of teeth. I stake my claim gloriously with...
We’re on to our third Online Master Class and each time gets better and better! We’re so excited to see that you guys are interested in these classes. The premise behind them was to extend those tingly retreat feelings–the fire, the intensity, the growth, the community–throughout the year; to provide graduate-level classes to anyone who...
“Just Add Water and Stir” As women, we have 1000 throats. Esophagus channels giving birth to truth-telling. Larynx voice upon voice into echoed lull. Silver tongued messenger carrying thunder from female Ancestors. We swallow problems and spit up pearls. We yodel songs of resistance. This mouth-bridge of life. This destination of bell and chime. This...
“Boxing Ring: Sons of Mother” Her secrets, buried, under decayed carnage Ways family holds secrets: secured Like wax sealed envelopes, silenced Swallow breaths, inhales hold forever Never turns blue, nor faints, like fall Leaves, pressed in Bible: family evidence Tattered seeds released, free to sprout Grand in sisters, short lived brothers Who fought jealously,...
M. Ayodele Heath Poetry Contest Winner Latorial Faison for “This.” Latorial is an African-American poet, author, educator, military spouse & mother of three sons. This UVA & VA TECH graduate is the author of Flesh, I AM WOMAN, Love Poems, and the trilogy collection, 28 Days of Poetry Celebrating Black History. Faison’s writing has appeared in...
