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DPWC
The Diasporic Peoples Writing Collective (DPWC) is a San Jose State University (SJSU) registered student organization (RSO) that fosters equity in the literary arts for students, alums, and academics who write to catalyze reparative action. We platform aspiring artists of color, nurture genre exploration, and work with eco-systems that support BIPOC literature. Writing can sometimes feel like a solitary endeavor, so we can best resist … Continue reading DPWC
African American Authors Discuss the Politics of Black Hair
The Event “Trauma, Tresses, & Truth” On Feb. 9, 2023, The Diasporic Peoples Writing Collective (DPWC) hosted a literary event at which several distinguished women authors treated an enthusiastic audience to several readings from their anthology, “Trauma, Tresses, & Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives.” The anthology contextualizes the many experiences linked to Black hair. The Art Hair is indeed linked to culture, pride, … Continue reading African American Authors Discuss the Politics of Black Hair
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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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 Read
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Vernon “Trey” Keeve III, PhD, author and educator, joins us for an online event via San Jose State University where he will read from his book, Southern Migrant Mixtape, and engage us in a discussion on the intersections of life, love, loss, grief, and literary expression. Find Keeve’s book at Black Lawrence Press. Sheila Smith McKoy, PhD, poet and historian, visits San Jose State University … Continue reading Act
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