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About the DPWC
The Diasporic Peoples Writing Collective (DPWC) is a San Jose State University (SJSU) student organization. We started as a handful of Creative Writing MFAs developing community through our shared interest in literary art. Today we’re a much larger project, powered by student, alumni, academic, and ally activists helping us build-out a platform to foster equity for literary artists. We maintain work synergy by meeting monthly … Continue reading About the DPWC
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Book Club
Join us for a read via Bookclubs. Bookclubs is a platform for hosting book club events and discussions. It’s easy to join! Create a profile and become a Diasporic Peoples Writing Collective (DPWC) book club member via this link: https://bookclubz.com/clubs/24994/join/dddd92/ We’re reading the following book/s now, so pace yourself and meet us on Zoom for the discussion/s. August 6, 2022 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM … Continue reading Book Club
Blog
Check out DPWC’s guest authors, Margalynne Armstrong, Lyzette Wanzer, Jewelle Gomez, and Judy Juanita, feat. at a SJSU hybrid event where they’ll discuss their anthology, “Trauma, Tresses, & Truth.” Check out DPWC’s roster of roundtable guests for the 2021-22 school year: Tureeda Mikell, Daniel B. Summerhill, Vernon Keeve III, Blackbook and its founding team, MK Chavez, and Keenan Norris. Legacy of Poetry, 2021, was themed, … Continue reading Blog
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Authors
Our collective is home to some talented creative writers who are published and are on the reading circuit. We are also home to editors, educators, archivists, and folks who are either in or adjacent to the literary industry. “A Love Letter is a profound and gorgeously rendered tribute to a person, to a place, and to life itself. I really enjoyed the vivid characters and the … Continue reading Authors
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Calendar
‘Need an invite to join a Diasporic Peoples Writing Collective (DPWC) event? Contact us for info. and access. COVID-19 Update: DPWC’s monthly meet-ups are online until further notice. We once held our monthly meet-ups at SJSU in Washington Square Hall, room 218. However, COVID-19 pushed us online and now our meet-ups follow this format… We join-in on Zoom. You introduce yourself (e.g., I’m so-in-so. I’ve … Continue reading Calendar
DPWC Allies with Fellow SJSU Student Orgs
DPWC allies with its fellow San Jose State University (SJSU) student organizations. The Poets and Writers Coalition (PWC) The Black Student Union (BSU) The Native American Student Org (NASO) naso.sjsu.ca@dpwc2020 El Espartano Noticias, a Spanish journalism organization at SJSU that focuses on local issues and stories that affect the Latinx community. They are a news organization and a support group for students interested in writing and … Continue reading DPWC Allies with Fellow SJSU Student Orgs
Performance and Video Production feat. in a Joint
The Diasporic Peoples Writing Collective (DPWC) premiered a film for San Jose State University’s virtual “Legacy of Poetry” festival on April 17, 2021. The festival was themed Closing the Distance: Sheltering in Technolog(ies), and in it were some of our very own DPWC member-poets featured beside veterans like Daniel B. Summerhill, Tureeda Mikell, Vernon Keeve III, MK Chavez, and Keenan Norris. It was a joint … Continue reading Performance and Video Production feat. in a Joint
DPWC Allies with SJSU African American Studies Events
DPWC allies with student-led events hosted by San Jose State University’s (SJSU’s) African American Studies Department. Check back here for information on the 2021-2022 school year’s line-up of events. Continue reading DPWC Allies with SJSU African American Studies Events
DPWC Allies with the Center for Literary Arts (CLA) on Book Club and Author Events
DPWC allies with the Center for Literary Arts (CLA) on its Book Club and Author Events. Please visit the CLA Book Club page on Goodreads. Click the “join” button on their page, read along, keep an eye on their schedule and participate in their virtual discussions. View their videos and invite friends to do the same. Follow CLA’s Instagram, Facebook, and/or Twitter for updates. CLA Book … Continue reading DPWC Allies with the Center for Literary Arts (CLA) on Book Club and Author Events
Interview With Author, Persis Karim
Writing and the Importance of Community Living to Make Every Day Count This May, I interviewed Persis Karim, Ph.D., over Zoom. While our conversation meandered through coffee and the struggles of living through COVID-19, somehow, we came back to her life as a poet and author. Karim is a professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She is also … Continue reading Interview With Author, Persis Karim
Interview With Author, Faith Adiele
Artists as First Responders It’s 2020, a year I thought might bring clarity.April showers pour from clouds cast by COVID-19. It is wet outside but we’re inside per a warning from state officials to shelter-in-place. This unsettling phrase tries to side-step the word, home, just as there is nothing to curb the virus’ spread; no language to address people for whom there is no home; … Continue reading Interview With Author, Faith Adiele
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