In the News

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Students share what they’ve learned in WritersCorps before performing at the WritersCorps Literary Festival — Culture Wire — 6.09

WritersCorps Celebrates 15 Years — Deep Roots podcast — 5.07.09

WritersCorps students Jessica Jones and David Jenkins talk to Tavis Smiley for Poetry Month — The Tavis Smiley Show –  4.24.09

Janet Heller and JoNelle Toriseva talk about WritersCorps on “Between the Covers” — KBOO Radio, Portland — 4.16.09

Teaching the Power of Words — San Francisco Examiner — 4.13.09

A Lovely Way to Burn (”Tell the World” Book Review) — New York Times — 4.12.09

“Tell the World” Book Review — Kirkus — 9.08

WritersCorps Empowers Young Poets — San Francisco Chronicle — 3.24.08

Get the Word Out — San Francisco Chronicle — 7.24.07

“City of One” Book Review — Kliatt — 1.05

Shahid Minapara always wanted to fly — then WritersCorps gave him wings and a chance to be ‘boy prophet’ for a day — San Francisco Chronicle — 5.13.04

“Believe Me, I Know” Book Review — Kliatt –11.02

The Osgood File (CBS Radio Network) — 8.02

Words Help Paint a Picture of Freedom for Young Poets — San Jose Mercury News — 4.21.01

Poetry Comes Naturally to Young Street Survivor — San Jose Mercury News — 1.11.01

“Smart Mouth” Book Review — San Francisco Bay Guardian — 6.28.00

Taking Poetic License Seriously — The San Francisco Examiner — 1.27.00

SF Youth on the Write Path — The San Francisco Examiner – 6.02.99

Poetry at 30 Paces – The Washington Post — 5.17.99

Teens Get Creative for Poetry Slam ‘Lite’ — The Christian Science Monitor — 2.09.99

WritersCorps Fosters an Inner-City Poet — The San Francisco Examiner — 4.30.96