Browne is a writer, organizer and educator. She is the interim executive director of Urban Word NYC and poetry coordinator at St. Francis College. Browne has received fellowships from Agnes Gund, Air Serenbe, Cave Canem, Poets House, Mellon Research and Rauschenberg. She is the author of “Chlorine Sky” (2021), “Woke: A Young Poets Call to Justice” (2020), “Black Girl Magic” (2020), “Woke Baby” (2018) and “Kissing Caskets” (2017). Browne is also the founder of Woke Baby Book Fair (a nationwide diversity literature campaign); and as an Arts for Justice grantee, is completing her first book of essays on mass incarceration, investigating its impact on women and children. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Upcoming Creative Writers Series talks:
- 6 p.m. April 12: Debra Magpie Earling
For more information, contact Chelsea Ratzlaff at chelsea.ratzlaff@wsu.edu.
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