Did You Ever Feel Invisible?

Today’s piece of writing is the Foreword to What No One Ever Tells You, Underground Writing’s first anthology of student writing. Playwright and UW friend, Quiara Alegría Hudes, wrote the piece we’ve titled, “Did You Ever Feel Invisible?”

Matt and Alvin talk about the anthology, give a brief update on UW’s Teaching Writers, and present music by the Marimba Band at LaVenture Middle School, led by Amy McFeely.

Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with.

LINKS OF INTEREST:
What No One Ever Tells You
ArtsWA (Washington State Arts Commission)
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Marimba
LaVenture Middle School
Walt Hampton, Composer  

Underground Writing: a literature-based creative writing program serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-risk communities in Northern Washington through literary engagement and personal restoration.

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The Salish Sea

“The Salish Sea” is a poem that “afters” works by Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes. Matt and Alvin discuss the poem—which comes from our Skagit County Community Justice Center site—the Salish Sea, and other related topics.

Matt updates listeners about the release of UW’s first anthology, What No One Ever Tells You—just in time for the start of 2019!

Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with.

LINKS OF INTEREST:
What No One Ever Tells You
The Salish Sea
Walt Whitman  
Langston Hughes

Underground Writing: a literature-based creative writing program serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-risk communities in Northern Washington through literary engagement and personal restoration.

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