By Angelica H., age 19 I enjoyed reading a poem from the book, “No Character Limit” entitled “Two Muses” written by Zoe L., age 15. Two Muses My muse was once tall and fire-haired, passion embodied, courted only with tears and supplication, and low-calorie sweeteners, watching Firefly, smelling of tea tree and overscented soap. She … Continue reading »
by Yamuna H., Angelica H., Greer S., Netta R. Over the month of August, the WriteGirl interns were busy planning the very first WriteGirl Intern Mixer that took place on Thursday, August 16. The goal was to give the interns an opportunity to learn more about various career paths while at the same time, sharing … Continue reading »
By Jennifer A., age 18 and Angelica H., age 18, WriteGirl Summer Interns Friday August 3, 2012, we were thrilled to have India Radfar, an author of three books of poetry, as a guest presenter at our Poetry Workshop. Our theme was ‘voice’; we learned voice is everything to a poet. A poet’s voice is … Continue reading »
By Myrtha O., age 16 and Camille C., age 17 As WriteGirl interns this summer, we were presented with a very interesting job: planning a screening for Miss Representation, a film written, directed and produced by Jennifer Siebel. The documentary is about the underrepresentation of women in mainstream media, and WriteGirl interns and staff feel strongly that … Continue reading »
By Myrtha O., age 16 and Camille C., age 17, WriteGirl Summer Interns On July 10th, Keren Taylor, the Executive Director of WriteGirl, had the honor to host a book reading event with Joy Harjo, a Native American songwriter, poet and novelist, at the Los Angeles Central Library. As summer interns at WriteGirl, we were … Continue reading »
By Olivia S., Greer S. and Maria F., WriteGirl interns Today (Friday the 13th!), WriteGirl began its first session of summer poetry workshops. The girls looked at each other across the room; some grimaced hesitantly while others were already busy at work ‘destroying’ their brand new journals. The exercise: scribble, doodle and mar the intimidating … Continue reading »
By Greer S., age 18 Setting: Mid-morning in downtown LA. In the background: MOCA (the Museum of Contemporary Art), a red, clean-lined building. A massive sculpture of twisted metal and chewed-up jet wings dominates the foreground. Girls cluster around the sculpture scribbling furiously in their journals. What does contemporary art have to do with scene … Continue reading »
