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Poetry Out Loud: On The Road Again
Hey Purple Posse! As promised I’m keaping you in the loop as I travel to San Fransisco for the California State Poetry Out Loud competition. This week has been a mad dash of poaching, prepping, and practicing for this competition. But hey we’re finally hitting the road. We’ve got our yummy travel snacks, Thermost of…
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Poetry Out Loud: Where Going To State
Hey Purple Posse! Okay Okay, let’s talk about the elephant in the room. I haven’t posted anything in a while, okay a long while. But fear not loyal reader this time has not been completely wasted. I have had a couple of schemes brewing and I actually have some pretty exciting news. A few months…
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Youth Poet Laureate Finalist
Earlier this year, I applied to the Ventura County Arts Council to become the next Ventura County Youth Poet Laureate. A youth poet laureate is a young writer who works to make art and poetry more accessible for their community through workshops and volunteer projects that they organize and lead. There have been several previous…
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My Comeback
It is time to pack my bags because in a couple days I am headed to writing camp. For a week i’ll be staying at Stanford university for Emerging Writers Institute (EWI). I am definitely excited not only do I get to experience college life by living in the dorms but also get to meet…
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The Noises Voices and Eyes
This weeks i’ve been chatting with an old friend and fellow writer, Rachel Kaltenbach. Rachel is probably the only other person as obsessed with writing as me. Back in elementary school we even wrote a small children’s book together. She drew the illustrations and I did the writing. We were named our selves World of…
The Purple Paragraph
By Lili Lang
Category: Special edition
Posts celebrating special events and featuring guest writers work