My poems can make a difference!

Dralandra is an award-winning spoken word poet, teaching artist, editor and recipient of the MN State Arts Boards grant. She has performed for the NAACP, Button Poetry, Black Authors Expo, MN State Capitol, and the Mill City Museum. Her performances weave together words, rhythm, and intimacy to create a haven for healing, advocacy, and self-discovery. She is the co-editor of Cracked Walnut’s anthology Rewilding Hope, and Cabello-Hansel's The Nations Underground: Writing With Our Ancestors. She has taught youth and adult poetry classes at The Loft, Hennepin County, and the U of MN Urban Research and Outreach Center. She’s a MN Book Award judge for poetry and a Program Assistant for the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library where she coordinates author readings for Club Book, Moving Words, and Fireside Reading series. Her poetic audiobook will be published in 2025. To follow the release of her book, visit www.dralandrawrites.com

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Tupelo Press provides the canvas; I bring my words, accompanied by a cohort of fine poets, writing thirty poems in thirty days, all ours to edit and submit as we wish. 30/30 poems have been taken by over 200 journals and featured in over 40 published chapbooks, all so Tupelo Press can keep publishing exquisite and diverse voices that might never be heard otherwise.

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