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Girls Write Now 2019
STAFF
Kelsey Adolphs, Operations Coordinator
Nyasiah Colon, Intern
iemi Hernandez-Kim, Senior Community Outreach Coordinator
Kelsey LePage, Development Coordinator
Molly MacDermot, Director of Special Initiatives
Maya Nussbaum, Founder and Executive Director
Lisbett Rodriguez, Community Outreach Coordinator
Erica Silberman, Director of Community
Amara Thomas, Community Outreach Coordinator
Kyndal Thomas, Community Outreach Coordinator
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ellen Archer, Board Chair
Marci Alboher, Vice Chair
Erica Mui, Treasurer
Nicole Summer, Secretary
Elaine Stuart-Shah, Board Development Chair
Bruce Morrow
Maya Nussbaum
Hope Pordy, General Counsel
CRAFT AND INDUSTRY TALK SPEAKERS
Brittany Barker
Ali Benjamin
Whitney Blackmon
Nana Brew-Hammond
Louisa Campbell
Cassidy Chait
Jenny Chen
Nadia DeLane
Ashley Edokpayi
Whitley Edwards
Meg Fitzpatrick
Jane Friedman
Melanie Goodreaux
Jill Grinberg
Maeve Higgins
Katrina Huffman
Stephanie Kariuki
Nazuk Kochhar
Justine Larbalestier
Alice O’Neill
Gina Provenzano
Ama Quao
Jacquelyn Reingold
Pamela Sneed
Lakin Starling
Mariah Stovall
Samantha Thornhill
Jeannabel Vargas
Morgan Weidinger
Miden Wood
Susan Zimet
SPRING READING SERIES HONOREES
Laurie Halse Anderson
Veronica Chambers
Eva Hagberg Fisher
Hallie Haglund
Maeve Higgins
Mira Jacob
Wayétu Moore
Joanne Ramos
Amber Tamblyn
Renée Watson
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Taiwo Akande
Emily Brillon
Trisha Francis
Iemi Hernandez-Kim
Muneesh Jain
Megan Mancini
Jennyfer Parra
Nancy Rapp
Brianna Rohlehr
Richelle Szypulski
Ruey-yah Tang
Anthology Supporters
We are grateful to the countless institutions and individuals who have supported our work through their generous contributions. Visit our website at girlswritenow.org to view the extended list.
Girls Write Now would like to thank Dutton for its help producing this year’s anthology.
Girls Write Now would like to thank Amazon Literary Partnership, which provided the charitable contribution that made this year’s anthology possible.
The anthology is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development.
Also Available from Feminist Press
(R)evolution: The Girls Write Now 2016 Anthology Kindle Edition
by Girls Write Now (Author), Molly MacDermot (Editor)
From one of top after-school programs in the nation, Girls Write Now, comes the next installment in the organization’s award-winning anthology series: a stunning collection of poetry and prose written by young women and their mentors in exploration of the theme of “Revolution.”
Rise Speak Change: The 2017 Girls Write Now Anthology Kindle Edition
by Girls Write Now (Author), Molly MacDermot (Editor), Lisa Lucas (Foreword), Tanwi Nandini Islam (Introduction)
For nearly twenty years, Girls Write Now has been mentoring the next generation of women writers, and now comes the next installment in the organization’s award-winning anthology series: a stunning collection of poetry and prose written by young women and their mentors in exploration of the theme of “Rise Speak Change.”
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