upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela (ACG '12, LTA '05) will be reading at Monday Poets on Monday November 3 at 6:30pm and First Person Arts Podcast LIVE! on Wednesday November 12 at 9:00pm. [learn more]
Leeway Board Member, Rasheedah Phillips of The AfroFuturist Affair /House of Future Sciences Books will present her book Reccurence Plot (and Other Time Travel Tales). Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela (ACG '12, LTA '05) of Thread Makes Blanket Press will be presenting Dismantle, a contemporary collection of work from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop, a national workshop that nurtures writers of color. The event will be held at the Wooden Shoe on Saturday, May 17at 7:00pm - 9:00pm. [learn more]
Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela (ACG '12, LTA '05) editor of the new anthology "Dismantle", will be reading along side, Mitchell S. Jackson and Cynthia Dewi Oka at the Philadelphia Book Festival on April 17. Dismantle is the first ever anthology of work from writers and teachers from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop for writers of color. Founded in 1999, VONA has nurtured over 2000 writers. The anthology features an introduction by co-founder and award winning author Junot Diaz. [learn more]