In the News
Don’t take our word for it. Read about WritersCorps in the news.
Best Kids’ Page-Turners (”Tell the World” Named Best Poetry Book) — Winston-Salem Journal — 11.22.09
“Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds” Review — Rain Taxi Review of Books - Fall 2009 (This link downloads a PDF)
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
“Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds” Review — The Brooklyn Rail — May 2009
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
Poetic Voices Found in these Choices (”Tell the World” Book Review) — Winston-Salem Journal — 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
