Ferguson

Baltimore School Students Write in Protest and Celebration

Baltimore School Students Write in Protest and Celebration

Writers in Baltimore Schools, the creative writing organization I run for Baltimore youth, has developed a protocol for mobilizing safe spaces for writing after trauma. We were unfortunately ready when Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. On Thursday, fifteen of us gathered to write in protest.

Round-Down: The Black and White Business of Confronting Racism in Literature

Round-Down: The Black and White Business of Confronting Racism in Literature

Like most Americans, I’ve been stunned the last few months by the verdicts in Ferguson and New York. Tens of thousands of protestors, black, white and brown, have taken to the streets and to social media to voice their protest and outrage at the implicit message received from these verdicts that black lives don’t matter—but…