Yesenia Montilla will facilitate “Writing in the Time of the Apocalypse” for Mission Belonging on 23 September 5:00-6:30pm. Yesenia Montilla is an Afro-Latina poet & a daughter of immigrants. Her poetry has appeared in Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner,...
During his 18 years in the Army, Michael Matthews deployed to Iraq twice, Afghanistan once and Bosnia once. After each deployment, he drank to cope. In 2013, after the death of his son his drinking intensified. “I never grieved after my son died. Just numbness.” In...
No creative writing experience required! Join Mission Belonging for our monthly community building creative writing workshop in partnership with the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Tickets are available here. April’s workshop will be led by author April Harris in...
In 2010 I answered an ad for a job at the Walter Reed MWR Arts & Crafts Center on the Forest Glen Annex. In the nine years since, I’ve moved through changes in location and contracts and leadership and employment and job title, expanding the...
I am an artist. I am an artist. I am an artist. I am an artist. It was so very challenging to form those words in my head…my fingers felt like they were dredging through quicksand just to make contact with my laptop’s keys…but there it is. I am an artist. I write...
