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Romaine Washington is the curator and editor of These Black Bodies Are... A Blacklandia Anthology. She is the author of the poetry collection, Purgatory Has an Address, nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and Sirens in Her Belly, BET Editor's Choice top ten must-reads for 2016. Her poem Deciduous, published in Boundless 2022 was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is a graduate fellow of The Watering Hole, South Carolina and a fellow of the Inland Area Writing Project at UC Riverside.
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Washington has presented her poetry in a variety of venues and programs such as NPR, KPFK, CBS Inside SoCal, and the National Poetry Slam. Her writing has been published in several anthologies and literary journals including Lullwater Review:Emory University, New Directions:Howard University and Cholla Needles issues 32, 36, 39 and 59.
Washington is a Southern California Native from the Inland Empire, San Bernardino reconnecting with her roots through the The Bridges that Carried Us Over. She has been an educator for over twenty years and enjoys facilitating writing workshops and book club discussions.
Washington is a Southern California Native from the Inland Empire, San Bernardino reconnecting with her roots through the The Bridges that Carried Us Over. She has been an educator for over twenty years and enjoys facilitating writing workshops and book club discussions.
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First Poem Memorized
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Joy Discovered
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