My Life Has Been Difficult

This piece comes from the Migrant Leaders Club of the Mount Vernon School District. Matt and Alvin find common ground on themes of isolation, loneliness, hatred, and division.

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
Migrant Leaders Club of Mount Vernon School District
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Emancipated Stories
Zoe Mullery and Brothers in Pen - Our Podcast
Zoe Mullery and Brothers in Pen - Program
FilmVerse

Underground Writing: a literature-based creative writing program serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-risk communities in northern Washington through literacy and personal transformation.

Book of Hours with Teaching Writer Chris Hoke

Chris Hoke is a Gang Pastor and Prisoner Reentry Organizer as the Founder and Director of Underground Ministries. He joins Matt and Alvin in the studio to discuss what he’s encountered in his almost four years as a Teaching Writer at Underground Writing.

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
Chris Hoke
Rainer Maria Rilke
Jellyfish
Migrant Leaders Club
Aldo Leopold
Martin Espada

Underground Writing: a literature-based creative writing program serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-risk communities in northern Washington through literacy and personal transformation.