Upper Midwest Literary Archives: https://libnews.umn.edu/2026/03/creating-poetry-and-community-women-writers-in-umn-libraries-archives/ “Lee is a poet, essayist, memoirist, and visual artist, who grew up in South Minneapolis in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Her father was Chinese, and her mother was Black. But Lee and her mother were white-passing. For most of her life, her Black family was …
Four years ago I moved to a new city. I knew no one except the person I moved to the city to be closer to. After three years I decided to be proactive. I visited the nearby senior citizen center and asked about writing opportunities because I always tell myself …
“I Give You Back”– “I release you, my beautiful and terrible fear / I release you …. I am not afraid to be angry / I am not afraid to rejoice …”–Joy Harjo I’ve been known to be angry. I react. And, no I’m not bi-polar as some have labeled …
Living in a new city is sometimes daunting. Where are the grocery stores, the restaurants, the music, theatre, poetry? My new city has a newly remodeled senior center. I took the risk of asking if they didn’t have any, could I lead a writing group. So now, once a week, …
