In the News
Don’t take our word for it. Read about WritersCorps in the news.
WritersCorps Programs
Professional Writers Mentor Aspiring Young People in San Francisco - KALW - 3.06.13
Students’ Poetry in Motion to a City on the Move — San Francisco Chronicle - 2.12.12
Does Creative Writing Help Kids Succeed? — Mother Jones - 12.17.10
WritersCorps — 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
WritersCorps Empowers Young Poets — San Francisco Chronicle — 3.24.08
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
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
Taking Poetic License Seriously — The San Francisco Examiner — 1.27.00
WritersCorps Fosters an Inner-City Poet — The San Francisco Examiner — 4.30.96
WritersCorps Events
Young Poets to Read Their Odes to SF (WritersCorps Live with Tamim Ansary) — San Francisco Chronicle — 3.6.13
Reading Roundup (WritersCorps Live with Tamim Ansary) — 7X7 — 03.05.13
WritersCorps Live with Tamim Ansary — KQED’s The Do List — 2.28.13
Girls and Boys (’Claim the Block’ named a calendar pick of the week) — San Francisco Weekly — 3.31.10
Young Writers Claim the Block — Youth Outlook TV — 2.18.10
Get the Word Out (WritersCorps Literary Festival) — San Francisco Chronicle — 7.24.07
The Osgood File (CBS Radio Network) — 8.02
Poetry at 30 Paces – The Washington Post — 5.17.99
Teens Get Creative for Poetry Slam ‘Lite’ — The Christian Science Monitor — 2.09.99
National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
WritersCorps Pays Another Visit to White House — San Francisco Chronicle — 05.11.11
Young Poets Visit the White House — NBC Bay Area — 05.11.11
First Draft to First Lady — Red Carpet Bay Area, KRON4 - 11.7.10
Hot 20 Under 40 Nominee Melissa Hung Awarded by Michelle Obama — 7×7 — 10.27.10
SF WritersCorps Receives Prestigious Award – ABC7 KGO TV — 10.22.10
Youth Writing Program Receives $10,000 and Award from First Lady — San Francisco Examiner/Bay City News — 10.21.10
San Francisco WritersCorps Wins Top Award from First Lady — San Francisco Chronicle — 10.20.10
WritersCorps Books
“City of Stairways” Review — San Francisco Examiner — 8.11.10
A Poet’s Guide Through San Francisco (”City of Stairways” Book Event) — Youth Outlook TV — 7.29.10
Young Poets Explore S.F., Learn to Write Poems (”City of Stairways” Book Launch) — San Francisco Chronicle — 7.20.10
“Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds” Review — Teaching Artist Journal - Spring 2011 (This link downloads a PDF)
“Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds” Review — Rain Taxi Review of Books - Fall 2009 (This link downloads a PDF)
“Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds” Review — The Brooklyn Rail — May 2009
Best Kids’ Page-Turners (”Tell the World” Named Best Poetry Book) — Winston-Salem Journal — 11.22.09
Janet Heller and JoNelle Toriseva talk about WritersCorps on “Between the Covers” — KBOO Radio, Portland — 4.16.09
Teaching the Power of Words (”Days I Moved” Book Launch — 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
“City of One” Book Review — Kliatt — 1.05
“Believe Me, I Know” Book Review — Kliatt –11.02
“Smart Mouth” Book Review — San Francisco Bay Guardian — 6.28.00
SF Youth on the Write Path (”What It Took for Me to Get Here” Book Review) — The San Francisco Examiner — 6.02.99
