WritersCorps Book Launch at AWP - February 14
January 27th, 2009 by Admin
WritersCorps announces the launch of “Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds” (City Lights) at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in February.
As President Obama calls for the creation of an Artists Corps, the experiences and stories of the writer-teachers in this anthology are more relevant now than ever. “Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds” documents 15 years of an amazingly successful experiment: asking accomplished writers to teach creative writing workshops in juvenile detention facilities, homeless shelters, inner-city schools and centers for newly arrived immigrants. Follow these teaching artists on their journey into the halls and streets of America’s diverse neighborhoods, as they enrich the lives and creativity of their students—and find their own voices changed in the process.
With a foreword by Martin Espada, and edited by Chad Sweeney, a former WritersCorps teacher, “Days” is a collection of memoir, poetry and prose from many of the talented people who formed the ranks of WritersCorps.
Join us for a reading from “Days” and a discussion on writers in service at an AWP panel moderated by Chad Sweeney. Readers for the event include Jeffrey McDaniel, Thomas Centollela, Maiana Minahal, Hoa Nguyen and Elissa Perry.
What: AWP Panel: A Book Release for “Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds,” Celebrating 15 Years of WritersCorps
When: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 12:00 to 1:15 pm
Where: Hilton Chicago, Boulevard Room, 2nd Floor
720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Reading Footage To see some of the readings, visit YouTube:
Maiana Minahal reads ‘You Bring Out the Filipina in Me’
Maiana Minahal reads ‘Ordinary’
Thomas Centolella reads ‘Dojo’
Thomas Centolella reads “Transparency’
Elissa Perry reads ‘Becoming Darla’
