To the Drug Addict That Is Supposed to Testify Against Me

Matt and Alvin wrestle with the implications of a poem of blessing from the Skagit County Community Justice Center site, and meditate on its beauty and selflessness. They also discuss the recent Hidden Truth event, performed by the Migrant Leaders Club and directed by Underground Writing’s Teaching Writer, Jennifer Morison Hendrix.

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
Writers in the Schools
Seattle Arts & Lectures (WITS)
Washington State Arts Commission
Poets House
The Hidden Truth (news article)
AWP 2019 Conference
Suzanne Paola Antonetta
The Kenyon Review
The Georgia Review

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.

Hey

Matt and Alvin read a piece of vivid memory from juvenile detention, aftering poems by Osip Mandelstam and Marina Tsvetaeva. Matt shares updates about UW Teaching Writers, Chris Hoke and Suzanne Paola Antonetta.

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
Washington State Arts Commission
Osip Mandelstam
Marina Tsvetaeva
Christian Wiman
Ilya Kaminsky
Jean Valentine
Chris Hoke
Suzanne Paola Antonetta

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.