WritersCorps is pleased to announce the April 2006 release of

Solid Ground

Foreword by ZZPacker
Edited by Judith Tannenbaum

Solid Ground is a collection of more than 130 poems by WritersCorps youth, published by Aunt Lute Books in commemoration of the centennial of the 1906 Great Earthquake of San Francisco.

Fast forward 100 years from that tumultuous quake, and listen to the voices of today's young writers as they speak of dislocation and upheaval in these unstable times. Their writing is proof of poetry's power to help all of us find "solid ground" in the midst of the chaos. Details»

Jump Write In!: Creative Writing Exercises for Diverse Communities

At last, a collection of tested-lesson plans created by WritersCorps and now available for sale. Edited by Judith Tannenbaum and Valerie Chow Bush, Jump Write In! represents more than ten years of creative writing exercises with great model poems by WritersCorps youth. Details»

Praise for Jump Write In!:

"This book provides powerful material for every teacher’s toolbox."

Herb Kohl
author, teacher and director
Institute for Social Justice and Education

Read the new WritersCorps 2004-2005 Year In Review report.

WritersCorps, a project of the The San Francisco Arts Commission, works to transform and strengthen individuals and communities through the written and spoken word. Since its inception in 1994, the program has helped over 12,000 people from neighborhoods throughout San Francisco improve their literacy and increase their desire to learn.

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Read poems and an essay by WritersCorps teachers, past and present, as they reflect on their teaching experience.