EVENT: 12/3 Wordsprouts Reading Series featuring DuEwa Frazier!




Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 6pm
The Park Slope Food Coop’s Wordsprouts Reading Series
Featuring Author & Poet, DuEwa Frazier
 
The Park Slope Food Coop Meeting Room
782 Union Street, Brooklyn 11215 (btw 6th and 7th Aves)
(718) 622-0560

Co-curators Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso
Free and open to the public

Join award nominated poet, author and educator DuEwa Frazier for an evening of poetry! DuEwa will read from her latest book, Ten Marbles and a Bag to Put Them In: Poems for Children and facilitate a poetry workshop for children. Books will be available for parents and educators. All children are welcome. The poetry activities are geared toward ages 4-11.

About the Author
DuEwa Frazier is a poet, performance artist, speaker, author, educator and cultural organizer. She earned the M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing at The New School and the M.Ed. degree in Curriculum and Teaching at Fordham University. DuEwa has taught both youth and adults in the areas of English, Creative Writing, GED preparation and Theater Arts. Her published books include Shedding Light From My Journeys, Stardust Tracks on a Road, Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees (nominated for the NAACP Image Award in 2007 for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry), and Ten Marbles. She is known for her tireless and consistent efforts in promoting books, poetry and the arts. DuEwa is a literacy advocate who uses poetry as a powerful learning resource for children. Visit her website at www.duewaworld.com for more information.




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