Read about this in the Globe this morning and it sounds great.
The Somerville Arts Council and The Mystic Learning Center
Council and The Mystic Learning CenterMystic Ink Tour schedule:
present a Books of Hope event:
The Mystic Ink Tour
Haitian Youth Bring Their Voices of Hope on the Road
Somerville, MA—May 13 – July 17, 2010
About the Tour:
Haitian-American youth living in Somerville’s Mystic Housing Projects have
set off on a 10-stop book tour, called the Mystic Ink Tour, to bring their
stories to communities across New England. The DIY tour is taking the teens
out of their economically-challenged neighborhood and bringing them to some
of the most celebrated spoken word venues and bookstores in the region.
Ranging in age from 15-21, the youth have just released several full-length
books of poetry, fiction, memoir, and drama through the Books of
Hope program. The books resulted from their participation in creative writing
workshops led by local writers and educators that led the youth to publishing
their own books. On the tour, youth deliver rapid-fire poetry and sell signed
copies of their books
Tour dates began with a Book Release Party on May 13, and will continue
through July, bringing the youth as far away as Maine and New York City. It
will be the first time many of the teens have traveled outside Greater Boston.
Mystic Ink Tour schedule:
Thursday, May 13, 6PM: Book Release Party, Somerville Library, Somerville, MA
Thursday, May 20, 7PM: Haley House Bakery Cafe, Roxbury, MA
Friday, May 21, 8PM: More Than Words Bookstore, Waltham, MA
Tuesday, June 08, 8PM: Got Poetry Live, Providence, RI
Friday, June 11, 7PM: Slam Free or Die, Manchester, NH
Saturday, June 19, 6PM: Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA
Monday, June 21, 8PM: Stone Soup Poetry, Cambridge, MA
Tuesday June 29, 7PM: Port Veritas, Portland, ME
Friday, July 16, opening act: Art Beat Festival, Somerville, MA
Saturday, July 17, 11AM-6PM: Harlem Book Fair, Harlem, NY
About Books of Hope:
Books of Hope has been bringing the power of literacy to urban and immigrant youth in
Somerville since 1999. Through the program, teens learn not only how to write books but
how to publish, market, sell, and distribute them. They acquire business skills and are
encouraged to be social entrepreneurs. Currently directed by writer and educator Soul
Brown, it has produced over 125 books written by youth, ages 13-21. A collaboration of the
Mystic Learning Center and the Somerville Arts Council, its mission is to develop the next
generation of authors. BOH receives support from the Amelia Peabody Foundation, Dreuding
Foundation, Hunt Alternatives Fund, Somerville Health Foundation, Somerville Housing
Authority, and Youth Reach, a program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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