Sentences with phrase «writers of color»

Our new artist house will allow us to expand the existing artist - in - residence program for artists and writers of color, establish a visiting artist program and invite former AIRs back to CPW.

Leslieann Hobayan is a poet - writer, yogi, and a member of VONA, a community dedicated to writers of color.

The Anaphora Writing Residency, designed exclusively for writers of color, will be held from May 31 to June 9 at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.

The 2016 shortlist for the prestigious PEN / Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut fiction was filled entirely by writers of color.

In order for books written by writers of color to be successful, NPR's Code Switch reported that diversity in marketing matters.

Building on the success of last year's inaugural L.A. Summer Residency, the line - up features specialized programs for emerging curators, writers of color, fashion designers, L.A. art enthusiasts, and more.

Building on the success of last year's inaugural L.A. Summer Residency, Otis College launched specialized programs for emerging curators, writers of color, fashion designers, L.A. art enthusiasts, and more for 2018.

I love how you've offered specific examples of, for example, authors of color who have written travel narratives (from Zora Neale Hurston to Nomadness, to your students), because it definitively shuts down the argument, «Well, there are no travel writers of color to invite / include.»

Since I couldn't find a list combining two of my favourite things: 1) fucking awesome writing and 2) travel writers of color, I decided to write a list of my own.

There is a feeling among writers of color in America that the publishing industry is not giving them a fair shake.

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The 2013 Voices Summer Writing Workshops for writers of color, presented by the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation, was held from June 23 to June 29 on the University of California campus in Berkeley.

The VONA / Voices Summer Workshops and Residencies was held from June 21 to June 27 and from June 28 to July 4 at the University of Miami at Coral Gables for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers of color.

Why didn't I see what writers of color were saying about it before jumping on it?

The Anaphora Writing Residency, designed exclusively for writers of color, will be held from May 31 to June 9 at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.

BitLit partners with HarperCollins; Julia Turner named editor in chief of Slate; the burdens placed upon writers of color in academia; and other news.

For women writers of color, the situation is worse.

I don't want publishing to perpetuate this atmosphere where writers of color and women writers worry that even if they get a shot, that shot won't be enough.

I don't want to look at best - seller lists, week after week, devoid of the excellent books being written by writers of color.

I will, somehow, make sure more writers of color and women get the chance to be this lucky and hold such blessings in the warmth of their hands.

We called the contest the New Voices Award and determined that only unpublished writers of color were eligible.

If anything said here can help make the publishing journey and overall publishing experience better for writers of color, then I've done my job.

Further, mass - market paperback and e-book formats provide an entry point into publishing for new voices of every kind: women writers, writers of color and ethnic minorities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender writers, young writers, and writers who are creating new genres.

Of what possible value is a list of education writers of color?

The literacy - intensive curriculum is partially based on the best practices developed by the National Writing Project, and it combines required state standards with literature by Latinos and other writers of color.

Every racially inflammatory incident that hits the news brings a reminder that young people urgently need to be learning about race — reading books by writers of color, studying America's history of oppression, and discussing the privileges and limits experienced by people of different backgrounds.

Lots of feminist websites have good lists of recommended writers — for example, this is an important list of Feminist Writers of Color, who discuss the intersecting issues of race, class, and womanhood in their feminist work.

Still, Aaron is white, and many in the industry called for more diversity, so Marvel decided to hire a writer of color.

The Award will be given for a children's picture book manuscript by a writer of color.

Of the Top 87 «greatest travel books of all time,» or 100 or 10 or 25 or whatever arbitrary number is being used, it is very rare to see a writer of color in the midst of all the White voices.

Not exact matches

«It's difficult to explain what Color does with a bullet list of features,» admits TechCrunch writer Jason Kincaid, who spends over 1000 words on the task.

Beyond being an incredible song, its chorus became a rallying cry of protesters in the United States — «a kind of comfort that people of color and other oppressed communities desperately need all too often: the hope — the feeling — that despite tensions in this country growing worse and worse, in the long run, we're all gon» be all right,» as Slate culture writer Aisha Harris put it.

With the tendency of the biblical writers to regard all events as coming directly from the hand of God, the economic forces which apparently led to these migrations take on a religious coloring.

This book has made me a better writer because it has helped me identify which of my work habits are helpful and which are destructive, when it's best to take a break and when it's best to press on, what color to paint my office (blue!)

(Similarly it strikes me as unhealthy to define writers by their sexual preferences or skin colors; maybe we will grow out of that eventually, too.)

Though 45 years separate Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Color Purple, the two novels embody many similar concerns and methods, ones that characterize the black women's literary tradition — a tradition now in full flower through the work of such writers as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gloria Naylor, Toni Cade Bambara, Ntozake Shange and Audre Lorde.

By focusing on the needs of creative writers and artists and adopting the latest print - on - demand publishing technology and strategies, we provide expert publishing services with direct and personal access to quality publication in hardcover, trade paperback, custom leather - bound and full - color formats.

The same guy that was ejected for some «choice words» in the second game of the season, the guy who admits quickly that others will call him arrogant, the guy who ends his first interview by reminding a writer «I say what I feel and mean what I say» — is also a coach who decorates the small wall space in his office with bright colors.

Terry is a researcher, course instructor, director at Forefront, a non-profit focused on innovative solutions to sustainability in underdeveloped countries, and a Ph.D. student studying historical approaches to understanding the racial inequalities in education in the U.S. I am an education policy consultant, writer, and co-founder of Guardians of Our Sons, a Philadelphia based non-profit for boys of color.

The Writers Guild of America East is urging state lawmakers to expand New York's successful film and television tax credit program to include incentives for hiring women and people of color.

The methods introduced in this paper, Levitin says, «can be used to study all sorts of things: how athletes organize their thoughts about body movements; how writers organize their thoughts about characters; how painters think about color, form and space.»

Unlike many women of color before her, Mindy actually wakes up as a the blonde - haired, blue - eyed Michael Lancaster (Ryan Hansen) and knows who writer - director Whit Stillman is.

Pierre Delacroix is a hip, young, Harvard - educated writer who is the sole person of color working for an upstart network with floundering ratings.

The new Black Panther comic book series at Marvel, featuring Ta - Nehisi Coates as the writer and Brian Stelfreeze as the illustrator, will be the first time in a little while that a high - profile character will be penned by two creators of color — and it's Black Panther, one of the first black superhero characters ever.

In Alex Ross Perry's follow up to The Color Wheel, the writer / director introduces us to author Philip Lewis Friedman as he angrily awaits the release of his 2nd book.

Alex Ross Perry, the director / co - writer / star / producer of The Color Wheel (just to name a few of his duties here), is working in more familiar genre territory compared to his singularly weird debut Impolex.

Features commentary by film noir historian Alan K. Rode, who hosts the track and provides most of the production comments, and critic / noir maven (and fellow MSN writer) Kim Morgan, who chimes in for color commentary (and an obsessive appreciation of the pickle that J. Carrol Naish chomps in an early scene; Kim, sometimes a pickle is just a pickle) plus a gallery of stills and advertising art.

Actors: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan Director: Joe Johnston Writers: Christopher Markus, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Stephen McFeely Producers: Alan Fine, Amir Madani, Dan Masciarelli Format: AC - 3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, 3D, Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Region: A / 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number of discs: 3 Rated: PG - 13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Paramount Studios DVD Release Date: October 25, 2011 Run Time: 124 minutes

It only makes last year's masterpiece Far from Heaven look that much better; writer / director Todd Haynes took another late 50s / early 60s film formula and used the colors and the feel of a Douglas Sirk movie to make a comment about films and about ourselves.

Also on this podcast you'll also hear Karina Longworth talking about the Golden Age of Hollywood, Slate culture writer Aisha Harris (host of the show Represent) on the importance of representation of women and people of color in Hollywood and film awards, actor Paul Scheer on some of the worst movies ever made (which he talks about on his own podcast that he co-hosts with his wife, actress June Diane Raphael, and their pal and fellow actor, Jason Mantzoukas.