Greetings Everyone.  I am a Black queer-identified woman who enjoys writing poetry, personal essays, memoirs, and creative non-fiction.  I am also interested in travel writing.  I would like to connect with other BIPOC as well as others who are interested in the same genres.  I mainly write based on my own personal experiences and the experiences of those around me. 

Hi! I'm Danielle Mitchell, co-founder and director of The Poetry Lab. I curate spaces for poets, writers, and artists to come together to learn and collaborate. My poetry has appeared in journals like Vinyl, Hayden's Ferry Review, Animal, and Baltimore Review. My first chapbook, Makes the Daughter-in-Law Cry, won the Clockwise Chapbook Prize and is published by Tebot Bach. I'm especially interested in prose poetry, hybrid works, and new and invented forms. My workshop experience extends not only to leading community groups through The Poetry Lab, but also academic training as an alumni of the University of Redlands Creative Writing Program and the Community of Writers.

Hoping to make connections with:

• Reading groups/ Book clubs
• Teaching opportunities 
• Individual artists (to grow my personal network)

Also, I want to connect with writers and teaching artists on behalf of The Poetry Lab for:

• Sunday Workshop Series (paid)
• 5 Week Courses (paid)
• Resource Center articles (publication opportunity)
• New collaborations (open to course ideas/pitches!)

The Poetry Lab supports a thriving autodidact community as well as MFAers who are seeking a post-graduate network. Our mission is simply to write, read, and collaborate with folx in our community to help them along their learning journeys. This is an anti-racist educational space designed for creativity and the crafting of new futures. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. 

Hello,

I have been writing since I had the formal ability to express myself through a pen and pad.  Writing is a passion of mine and has provided me with comfort in times of stress, excitment in times of happiness and solace in moments of pain.  The genres that I mostly compose are through the lenses of poetry, nonfiction and my personal perspective of bipoc voices.  I am looking for a community of like minded indiviuals that share my love for the craft.  In addition, I would also like this space to serve as collective where we can all share our writings and provide support and encouragment.  Virtual groups only.