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Recommended Stories Luis Rodriguez poems: “Heavy Blue Veins: Watts 1959” and “Words” + Post Laureate updates Heavy Blue Veins: Watts, 1959 Heavy blue veins streak across my mother’s legs, Some of them bunched up into dark lumps at her ankles....
Rhiannon McGavin’s book “Branches” is on sale – plus she reveals her 3 favorite poetry books for poets by poets, and video explaining why

Rhiannon McGavin’s book “Branches” is on sale – plus she reveals her 3 favorite poetry books for poets by poets, and video explaining why

Rhiannon McGavin is Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles (2016), and a current English major at UCLA. Her first collection of poetry, Branches, was published in 2017 with Penmanship Books. She has performed her original poetry from the Hollywood Bowl to the Library of Congress, and makes creative writing more accessible through her online work.

Youth Poet Laureate Rhiannon McGavin’s “Art Class” Poem

Youth Poet Laureate Rhiannon McGavin’s “Art Class” Poem

In my kindergarten art class, sunlight dripped through finger paint covered windows.
I learned the primaries, red blue yellow, you could make the whole rainbow from just three colors.
you’re older when you tell yourself you only looked at female anatomical models for reference
but this girl made me understand why they say, pretty as a painting. …

ART TODAY 042018 The Keeper by Charles Bibbs – For us to move forward, we must know our history

ART TODAY 042018 The Keeper by Charles Bibbs – For us to move forward, we must know our history

Charles Bibbs has featured his works in numerous galleries and art venues across the nation and abroad, such as the International Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan in 2004. Today, he is serving as permanent Artist-In-Residence for ASALH (The Association for the Study of African American Life & History, Washington, DC., an organization founded by Carter G. Woodson (Founder of Black History Month).