Write? Right!: A BIPOC Writing Group
In-Person | Tuesday | Oct 20 | 5-7pm Write? Right! meets to build a net of creativity and accountability. We will share new work; discuss books we are excited about and workshop bimonthly as a community. Each meet-up begins with a writing prompt and short BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community
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check-in. This group is meant to offer safer space for writers of the global majority and their experiences. If you are a writer, a writer who teaches, a writer who curates—or a writer who wears all the hats on behalf of other writers, come write selfishly! If you are a BIPOC writer wh o wants to reengage with writing rituals and practices join us! Open to all experience levels. Space is limited, please RSVP! By attending or participating in this program, you agree to abide by our Community Agreement. About the Organizers: Anastacia Renee is an award-winning writer, interdisciplinary educator, multi-modal artist and former Seattle Civic Poet. She is the author of Afrofuturist-fiction-fantasy book, Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere (HarperCollins/Amistad) as well as the author of two full length books of experimental poetry: Side Notes from the Archivist ( HarperCollins/Amistad), and (v.) ( Black Ocean). Side Notes from the Archivist wa s named New York Public Library’s “Best Books of 2023,” and The American Library Associations (RUSA) “Notable Books of 2024.” Anastacia-Renee has been featured on the PBS NewsHour Brief-But-Spectacular series and Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast, a biweekly series celebrating the global Black LGBTQ+ community by profiling diverse professionals across 28 countries and 45 professions. She has received fellowships and residences from: Baldwin for the Arts, Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, The White Center, Mineral S chool, Ragdale, 4Culture, The Hermitage Artist Retreat and The New Orleans Writers Residency. As a playwright, Anastacia-Renee has written and directed: Talking with the Lorde: A Choreopoem, Not My Size, 9 Ounces, and Queer Mama Crossroads. Renee’s experimental cross-genre work can be found or is forthcoming in, The Rumpus, The American Academy of Poets, Moss Lit, Logic(s), Callaloo, Blue Mountain Review, Ms. Magazine, Essence and others. Daemond Arrindell (he/him) is a Pushcart Prize nominated, multi-genre writer, film maker, educator, and performer. His work explores visual poetics, persona, and the meanings of Blackness and legacy. His writing has appeared in City Arts, Specter, Crosscut, Poetry NorthWest, Seattle Review of Books, The Pitkin Review, and Arcana Poetry Press. He has received fellowships from Jack Straw, Mineral School, VONA/Voices Writer’s Workshop, Hermitage, and Prospect Street Writers House. In 2019, he performed his one-man show, “Frozen Borders,” an exploration in imagery, poetry, and e motion on the subject of the United States’ southern border. Daemond graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Currently, he lives in NYC, teaches for Uptown Stories, DreamYard, Teachers Writers Collaborative, and lectures at Rutgers University.