Keisha-Gaye Anderson
Project: Link & Learn: Bed Stuy Teen Creative Writing Workshop
More than ever, young people in Brooklyn need third spaces to connect with their peers in inspiring ways and forge new friendships while exploring their creativity. This six-week writing workshop, hosted at the Macon Library in Bed Stuy, will teach critical skills in literacy and provide a much needed space for social connection and self-expression. The workshop will culminate in a public reading of students’ creative works, which will also be open to the local community.
More than ever, young people in Brooklyn need third spaces to connect with their peers in inspiring ways and forge new friendships while exploring their creativity. This six-week writing workshop, hosted at the Macon Library in Bed Stuy, will teach critical skills in literacy and provide a much needed space for social connection and self-expression. The workshop will culminate in a public reading of students’ creative works, which will also be open to the local community.
Bio:
Keisha-Gaye Anderson is an award-winning poet, author, visual artist based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She is the author of three poetry collections: Everything Is Necessary (Willow Books), Gathering the Waters (Jamii Publishing), and A Spell for Living (Agape Editions), which received Agape Editions’ Editor’s Choice Award. Her poetry, fiction, and essays have been widely anthologized, appearing in publications like Kweli Literary Journal, Small Axe Salon, Renaissance Noire, The Caribbean Writer, The Killens Review of Arts and Letters, Mosaic Literary Magazine, African Voices Magazine, The Langston Hughes Review, The Mom Egg Review, and others. As a featured author, Keisha has appeared at such venues as the NY Historical Society, the Brooklyn Museum, Weeksville Heritage Center, BRIC TV, NY Poetry Festival, MoCADA Museum, and others.