READINGS & WORKSHOPS (EAST)
Bonnie Rose Marcus – Director of Readings/Workshops (East) and the Writers Exchange
Bonnie joined Poets & Writers in July 2000, bringing more than 20 years of experience in the field of arts education. Ms. Marcus has conducted theatre and writing workshops at numerous community-based organizations in New York City and created a model program, Project VIP (Voice, Identity, Power), a theatre writing initiative for adolescent girls, which continues at New Settlement Apartments in the Bronx. A writer and performer, Ms. Marcus has presented her poetry at venues including ABC No Rio, Boricua College, Cornelia Street Café, the New School for Social Research, and Playwrights Horizon. Her theatre credits include a three and a half year run in the Off Broadway show, “Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding.”
Nicole Sealey – Program Coordinator, Readings/Workshops (East) and the Writers Exchange
Nicole joined Poets & Writers in 2004. She has written for a number of arts journals including Code Z: Black Visual Culture. Her interviews with acclaimed writers Sapphire, DJ Spooky and Patricia Smith can be found in Artists and Influence: Volume XXV, Studio, and Mosaic literary magazine, respectively. Her poems have appeared in Feeding the Soul: Black Music, Black Thought and His Rib.