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What was it that drew me to you?
I think I know.

Your insistence on championing the lumpen.

The beauty of your poetry
The power of your convictions
The brick and mortar of your cathedrals
The abandon of your colors


Harold Michael Washington
King Branch Library

The Neighborhood Writing Alliance (NWA) provokes dialogue and promotes change by creating opportunities for adults in low-income Chicago neighborhoods to write, publish, and perform works about their lives. These works are published in the award-winning Journal of Ordinary Thought.

 

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