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Solid Ground (2006), Softcover. 216 pp.
Aunt Lute Books;
ISBN: 1-879960-71-8. Price: $16.00 (includes shipping & handling)
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.
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Jump Write In!: Creative Writing Exercises for Diverse Communities, Grades 6-12 (2005), Softcover. 176 pp. Editors: Judith Tannenbaum & Valerie Chow Bush
Jossey-Bass
ISBN: 0-787977-77-2.
Price: $30.00 (includes shipping & handling)
At last, a collection of tested lesson plans created by WritersCorps and now available for sale. Jump Write In! represents more than ten years of creative writing exercises with great model poems by WritersCorps youth. "This book provides powerful material for every teacher's toolbox." —
Herb Kohl,
author, teacher and director,
Institute for Social Justice and Education
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City of One: Young Writers Speak to the World (2004), Softcover. 240 pp. Introduction by Isabelle Allende.
Aunt Lute Books;
ISBN: 1-879960-69-9.
Price: $14.00 (includes shipping & handling)
In spite of all the sadness and the anger experienced by these young writers, there is hope and light in these pages ... That is why I celebrate this extraordinary book written by young people who believe, as I do, that peace is not only possible, it is unavoidable.—From the Foreword to City of One, Isabel Allende author of Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and The House of the Spirits
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Where Were You: Poetry and Images from WritersCorps (2005), Softcover. 64 pp. WritersCorps Books;
ISBN: 1-888048-09-3.
Price: $10.00 (includes shipping & handling)
Foreword by Janet Heller.
Introduction by Katharine Gin.
Read poems and view photos from Where Were You
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Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from WritersCorps (2003), Softcover. 128 pgs. Introduction by nikki giovanni.
HarperCollins Publishers;
ISBN: 0-06-447264-7. Price: $6.99.
"We need poetry... We deserve poetry. We owe it to ourselves to
re-create ourselves. And find a different if not better way to live.
Paint Me Hopeful." --nikki giovanni, author of Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea and Ego Tripping and Other Poems for Young People
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Believe Me, I Know
(2002), Softcover. 190 pgs. Introduction by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Cover
by a WritersCorps youth at San Francisco Community School. Photographs
by WritersCorps youth.
WritersCorps Books;
ISBN: 1-8880-48-08-5. Price: $14.95.
Read poems and view
photos from Believe Me,
I Know
**OUT OF PRINT**
"Believe Me, I Know is a true testament to the power of writing
and its ability to help us understand our world and fortify our place
in it. In these pages, the voices of young people gather into a meeting
of hearts opening to the world."—Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of Martin & Meditations on the South Valley
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Jump (2001), Softcover. 192 pgs. Introduction by Jewelle Gomez. Cover by Ed Kashi. Photographs by Ed Kashi.
WritersCorps Books;
ISBN: 1-888048-05-0. Price: $12.95.
"The work of the young writers in Jump creates [a] rush of
exhilaration. Their poetry and prose is bursting with energy on the
page, whatever the form—free-style, haiku, hip-hop, or epic—or the
topic." --Jewelle Gomez, author of The Gilda Stories
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Smart Mouth
(2000) Softcover. 156 pgs. Introduction by Justin Chin. Cover by Joe
Sorren. Illustrations by Gabrielle Gamboa, Anson Jew, Derek Kirk, Nina
Paley, and Spain Rodriguez.
WritersCorps Books;
ISBN: 1-888048-05-0. Price: $12.95.
"I cannot imagine what it's like to be a young person in America
these days. There is so much chaos and strife, so much to make sense of
and to articulate. Yet the writers in Smart Mouth speak
defiantly, loudly, and smartly in the face of the dominant babble. They
are fearless enough to articulate this simple but indomitable fact:
This is my life and it matters because I matter." --Justin Chin, author of Mongrel: Essays, Diatribes & Pranks.
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What It Took for Me to Get Here (1999) Softcover. 144 pgs. Introduction by Dorothy Allison and photographs by Rick Rocamora.
WritersCorps Books; ISBN: 1-888048-04-2. Price: $12.95.
"WritersCorps has provided these young people with the care and
consideration it takes to foster a love for story and a value in one's own
worth. As a result, they have created a vivid version of the life. Now,
anyone can come along. Anyone can understand. The writings in What It
Took for Me to Get Here are beginnings, road maps to the future." --Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard out of Carolina.
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Same Difference: Young Writers on Race (1998) Softcover. 153 pages
with illustrations by WritersCorps participants. WritersCorps Books; ISBN:
1-888048-03-4. Price: $12.95.
"An affirmation of diversity, a celebration of the mix and multitude
of ethnicities, cultures, colors, flavors and lifestyles of San Francisco,s
Bay Area. This is a grand collection of gifted young people who strongly
define themselves and in doing so, reveal to us who we are." --Janice
Mirikitani, Poet and Reverend Cecil Williams, Minister of Glide Memorial
Church.
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Curves on a Sidewalk Street (1997) Softcover. 193 pages with illustrations by WritersCorps participants. WritersCorps Books; ISBN: 1-888048-02-6. Price: $12.95.
"WritersCorps is a program close to my heart, and this anthology demonstrates why. One of the Corps writers in the book says of her service to homeless youth, 'I am privileged.' Reading this book, I think you may feel privileged, too." --Jane Alexander, Chair, National Endowment for the Arts.
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Word from the (415) (1996) Softcover. 223 pages with illustrations by WritersCorps participants. Foreward by Jane Alexander, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts. Includes lesson plans. WritersCorps Books; ISBN: 1-888048-01-8. Price: $12.95.
"Word from the (415) is a moving, exciting and inspiring collection of writings by young people from an eye-opening range of backgrounds. Its authors are so sympathetic that it makes me want to do something good for society right now, and their writing is often so fresh that it makes me feel like writing poetry, also right now! Thank you, WritersCorps, for making this powerful collection possible." --Ron Padgett, Poet and Publications Director, Teachers & Writers Collaborative.
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Flavors of the City (1995) Softcover. 112 pages. WritersCorps Books; ISBN: 1-888048-00-X. Price: $10.95.
Flavors of the City isn't just about taste; it represents the great strength and variety in the voices of the youth of San Francisco. From South of Market to the Sunset, from the Tenderloin to Bayview, and from the Mission to Chinatown, this book brings the students of the WritersCorps together in one extraordinary collection. Teens living in a difficult time telling it like it is. We welcome you to discover the many flavors of this city.
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All anthologies edited by the San Francisco WritersCorps.
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