Praisesong for the People Anthology Reading - Houston

Join us at Kindred Stories for the Houston anthology reading of Praisesong for the People: Poems from the Heart and Soul of Texas!

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Marie Brown is the author of 3 spoken-word albums, donated proceeds to family shelters in Texas, and individuals challenging HIV in South Africa. 2002, first Black woman to represent Houston Inaugural Poetry Slam Team. 2011, curator of exhibition, "Ruby Do Hair" displayed at Carver Cultural Art Gallery in San Antonio, Texas. (2006-2013), mentored Houston N.A.A.C.P. Act-So Poetry.  2023, recipient of the Texas Southern University, Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream" Poetry Scholarship.

Icess Fernandez Rojas is an educator, writer, and former journalist. She is a graduate of Goddard College’s MFA program and the University of Houston. Her work has been internationally published in Queen Mobs Lit Journal, Poetry 24, Rabble Lit, Minerva Rising Literary Journal, and the Feminine Collective’s anthology Notes from Humanity. Her…