Women Writers of the Diaspora presents

LORRAINE CURRELLEY

Thursday, November 19, 6:00-7:15 pm

Calabar Imports Harlem

2504 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (at 134^th St.)

Harlem, NY 10030

Lorraine Currelley is a poet, writer and member of the Pearls of Wisdom Storytellers. She’s widely anthologized and her numerous awards include the 2015 Arts for A Lifetime Grant by the New York Public Library, a Bronx Council for the Arts 2014 Seniors Partnering with the Arts Citywide Residency (  S.P.A.R.C), BinderCon Scholar Grants for 2014 and 2015 and the WWBPS Certificate of Appreciation in 2014.  Currelley is the former and only president of the Harlem Arts Fund and is a board member at Pen To Mind Books & Child Development Concepts, Inc., Bronx Book Fair Committee member and a Writing for Peace, Inc. adviser. She was featured in an interview in DoveTales “Nature”, An International Journal of the Arts 2015. Poets & Writers Inc. featured her organization Poets Network & Exchange, Inc. in their 2015 Cross Cultural reading and the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) featured her in its June 2015 member Spotlight.

Currelley is mental health counselor with a specialization in thanatology. She also writes in her professional capacity and incorporates her knowledge in this area to advocate for mental health and self-care.  She is also editor of The Currelley Literary Journal, a blog where she writes articles, commentaries, reviews and interviews focusing on the African diaspora.

WOMEN WRITERS OF THE DIASPORA is a reading/discussion series created and moderated by DR. CELESTI COLDS FECHTER, Exec. Director of Education Success Services and Prof., Org. Behavior, King Graduate School, New Rochelle.  Women Writers of the Diaspora features poetry, prose, memoir, essay, reportage, urban writing by African and African diasporan women.

Save the dates a reading/discusson with Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Thursday, December 3.  And, remember that we have an exciting lineup for 2016, starting with Nigeria Lockley, Thursday, January 7 and Kaitlyn Greenidge, Thursday, January 21, so please be sure to follow my blog at http://womenwritersofdiaspora.blogspot.com/.

The venue, CALABAR IMPORTS HARLEM, is provided by ATIM OTUN, and the series is co-sponsored by MOSAIC LITERARY MAGAZINE. 

Space is limited.  Please RSVP at womenwritersofdiaspora@gmail.com