The Girls Write Now community took to The New York Public Library for an evening of poetry, podcasting & storytelling
New York, NY – April 12, 2024
On April 12, members of the Girls Write Now community and the public took to the Stavros Niarchos Rooftop Terrace Event Center at The New York Public Library for an evening of poetry, podcasting & storytelling.
The night began with opening remarks made by Ricci Yuhico, Managing Librarian, Young Adult Services, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) and Daleelah Saleh, Girls Write Now Mentee Alum.
Following them, Girls Write Now Community Coordinator Azia Armstead and Girls Write Now Teaching Artist Colleen Hamilton introduced Poetry 360 and invited attendees to respond to the prompt: For what are you most grateful?
Afterward, mentees and two teens from the Stavros Niarchos Teen Center performed their pieces, and we held a listening party for Poetry 360’s newly-launched podcast, A Fistful of Verse. Each attendee also received a NYPL tote bags, which included our 25th anniversary book, Girls Write Now On the Art of the Craft: A Guidebook to Collaborative Storytelling, available from HarperOne on April 23.
Girls Write Now Community Manager Emily Rigby, Ricci Yuhico, and Azia Armstead made final remarks to close out the celebration.
Girls Write Now is grateful to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library for the generous use of their space.