We want to thank the Poetry Foundation , City of Austin , The Burdine Johnson Foundation , Art Power Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

We want to thank the Poetry Foundation , City of Austin , The Burdine Johnson Foundation , Art Power Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

28 Wildfire Reading Series: Icess Fernandez Rojas , author of The Opposite of Breathing is Cement: Poetry Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

Her articles on equitable education, community, and social identity have been featured in The Guardian In her spare time, Elena enjoys reading, painting, and writing poetry, drawing inspiration from nature Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

She is the author of the prize-winning poetry chapbook Little Girl Blue (2021, Host Publications) and Her poem “upon reading the autopsy of Sandra Bland” was a finalist for the 2017 Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry TORCH has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

She is the author of the prize-winning poetry chapbook Little Girl Blue (2021, Host Publications) and Her poem “upon reading the autopsy of Sandra Bland” was a finalist for the 2017 Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry

The events will be free and open to the public. “ I’m thrilled to be presenting my poetry and my art Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

She is a Cave Canem fellow and has published poetry in Blackbird , Callaloo , The Collagist, and Fjords

Torch's annual retreat for Black women writers with works-in-progress across poetry, fiction, creative We welcome applications from Black women writers with major works-in-progress across poetry, fiction,

She is also an editor of several books of poetry through Evelyn Street Press, and of Voices for Racial

Her work has appeared in numerous online and print publications, among them Callaloo , Poetry Magazine

Brittany's favorite excerpt from Audre Lorde's Poetry Is Not a Luxury reads, "The white fathers told