Eliza Griswald is the first-ever recipient of Split This Rock's Freedom Plow Award for Poetry and Activism. She was chosen for her work "collecting and introducing the folk poems of Afghan women to America". Read more about Griswald and the award here, then come with me to the gala event at the Goethe-Institut in Washington, DC on Friday, November 1. The event will include a reading as well as a special performance from the DC Youth Slam Team, which I guarantee you will not want to miss. YMY is a feminist blog that deals with media, race, mental health, sexuality, pop culture and navel gazing. it's run and written by Anči who is a writer, teacher, singer, biracial-bicultural feminist polyglot, and delightful product of immigrant parents.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
This Week's Badass Woman is Eliza Griswald, Split This Rock's 2013 Freedom Plow Award Winner
Eliza Griswald is the first-ever recipient of Split This Rock's Freedom Plow Award for Poetry and Activism. She was chosen for her work "collecting and introducing the folk poems of Afghan women to America". Read more about Griswald and the award here, then come with me to the gala event at the Goethe-Institut in Washington, DC on Friday, November 1. The event will include a reading as well as a special performance from the DC Youth Slam Team, which I guarantee you will not want to miss.
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