Watch the book trailer for a sneak peak into the essence of "I Am Not Your Literature"

Watch the original piece "Can You See Me Still" live for the opening of Bowie State University's Martin Luther King Center.

Cotton: A Retrospective is a poetry project where DMV youth artists respond to the multimedia presentation, Cotton, featuring the photography of John E. Dowell and multiple performance artists including opera singer Denyce Graves, poet Nikki Giovanni, and others. presented by Words Beats & Life, Washington Performing Arts Society and National Endowment For The Arts

The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival is a four day festival that brings the best youth poets from around the world. The festival consists of workshops, showcases, service learning, and slam competition. Learn more about the inner workings that makes Brave New Voices the premier youth event of the year. Brave New Voices was held in San Francisco in 2023, and will be held in Washington DC in 2024. For more info, go to https://youthspeaks.org/bravenewvoices/. YouthSpeaks.org | #YouthSpeaks @YouthSpeaks Youth Speaks was founded in 1996 in San Francisco, Youth Speaks is a leading presenter of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs. Trailblazers of local and national youth poetry slams, festivals, and more, Youth Speaks offers a comprehensive slate of literary arts education programs and provides numerous opportunities for youth to be published and heard. Youth Speaks has worked with hundreds of thousands of youth and has helped create partner programs in 47 cities across the United States.