Write Home: Poetry Workshops led by Trapeta Mayson
March 4 and March 181:30 - 3:30 PM
Coleman Library in Germantown
WRITE HOME Workshops, inspired by Al Bustan’s An Immigrant Alphabet installation, invite teens and adults to read and write poems about migrations — new beginnings, transitional periods, immigration, family histories, displacement and citizenship.
What memories, experiences and stories about “home” are you holding? This is the place to tell it and write it.
Led by Germantown-based poet and Liberian immigrant Trapeta B. Mayson, these workshops are open to everyone – no writing or poetry experience required. Participants will spend time generating poems that sing and celebrate home and identity through guided exercises and free writing. It will be an inspiring and affirming afternoon – so bring your imagination!
Dates: Sundays, March 4 and March 18, 2018
Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm
Location: Coleman Library in Germantown: 68 W Chelten Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144
Admission: FREE
Trapeta B. Mayson is a member of the Greene Street Artist Cooperative (GSAC). She reads her poetry widely and works extensively conducting poetry and creative writing workshops. Her work sheds light on and honors the immigrant experience as well as amplifies the stories of everyday people. She is a recipient of a Pew Fellowship in Literature, Leeway Transformation Award, Leeway Art and Change Grant and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grants. Her work was also nominated for a 2016 Pushcart Prize. She is the author of two books, She Was Once Herself and Mocha Melodies. Her other publications include submissions in The American Poetry Review, Epiphany Literary Journal, Aesthetica Magazine, Margie: The American Journal of Poetry among others. Trapeta is a native of Liberia. Her family immigrated to America when she was in elementary school and she has lived in North Philadelphia and Germantown most of her life. She is committed to artistically and thoughtfully developing and contributing to efforts that positively and sustainably impact communities. Currently serving as the executive director of Historic Germantown, Trapeta is a graduate of Temple University, Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research and Villanova University School of Business.
