Sandwich Arts Alliance Author Talks 2020

National Women's History Alliance Challenge

   

    For Black History Month the National Women's History Alliance shares                                               a quick quiz you can take  to keep your history skills fresh. 

      To take the challenge and share it go to link Take the Challenge.

     As you go about your days and weeks remember, this years marks the                                      100th anniversary of  American women gaining the right to vote!

 





Submitted LJClark
  February 17, 2020

Poets And Oscars Cross Over

Darcy Paquet, an American movie critic who has lived in Korea for close to 20 years, wears many hats in the Korean film industry: critic, lecturer, author, translator, artistic director and part-time actor. Most recently, he has grabbed the media spotlight as translator of the English subtitles for director Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Learn more

Yong Ho Nam, published his first effort with poetry with PRA Publishing back in 2015-2016. Yong Ho is a South Korean, author and poet. To learn more Click Here

                                                                                                                                    

  Hair Love is a 2019 American animated short film written and directed by Matthew A. Cherry, and co-produced with Karen Rupert Toliver. It follows the story of a man who must do his daughter's hair for the first time, and features Issa Rae as a voice of the mother.  Hair Love.   This win excites because 2016 Poetry Matters Lit Prize winner, Amanda O' Mara, won second place with her poem titled Hairology. If you would like to learn more about the anthology Click Here

                                                 Congratulations again to both winners! May the focus on stories for people of color continue to be produced and recognized!

Posted by LJ Clark

Founder PRA and PMP

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Writers Weekend

Writers Weekend: The Department of English and Foreign Languages of Augusta University will host its annual creative writing conference, Writers Weekend. This event will take place on January 24th and 25th on Augusta University’s Summerville campus.