The Radical Reversal POetry & Music Workshop
Ain’t No Love in These Streets by Lil K featuring E on vocals. and Poet Patrick Rosal on Flute.
Inside Studio Room 111 at Jefferson County Youth Detention Center in Birmingham, Alabama
The acclaimed artist Masego visited low key with the kids for two hours during his time at the World Games
Inside Radical Reversal Studios at Suffolk County House of corrections Boston, Ma
The artist Lupe Fiasco visits our Boston location during his residency at MIT!
Inside Radical Reversal Studios at Minnesota-faribault department of corrections, faribault, Ma
Radical Reversal Reading Series
Radical Reversal believes that if you build it, they will come. It is our intention to provide a total creative experience when we install and do programming. At our Pilot Program location, we had the State Poet Laureate of Alabama, Ashley Jones, opening up the space and from there we brought in a cadre of poets to include writers such as State Poet of New York Willie Perdomo, Reginald Dwayne Betts, DaMaris Hill and the amazing-amazing Patricia Smith.
State Poet Laureate, Ashley M. Jones, opened up our space with a great to talk to our students as well as a few poems.
Patricia Smith reading inside Radical Reversal Studios. We thank P. Smith for mesmerizing the space.
Willie Perdomo, State Poet of New York!
Studio Room 111 welcomed the legendary Talib Kweli who was so gracious with his time to our students. Pictured from left to right:
Monique Grier ( Director of YDC), Dez Wilson (Black Arts Academy), Travis Scott (Radical Reversal), Dr. Randall Horton (Radical Reversal), Dr. Martez Files (Black Arts Academy)
Poet and Mississippi Book AWard Winner Derrick Harriell reads inside Radical Reversal Studios.
Kofi Antwi (he/him/his) is an African American writer, educator, assistant editor of Black Arts Movement Reader, and author of Tidal Wave.
Bonita Lee Penn is a Pittsburgh poet and a member d the poetry/jazz band “Heroes are Gang Leaders.” 2-27-2023
DaMaris B. Hill, PhD is the author of Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood. 2-6-2023
Louise Waakaa’igan is the recipient of the 2017 PEN Poetry Prize for her first-place poem, “This Is Where.” She is also the first-place winner of the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop’s Broadside Competition (2016).