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Lucinda J. Clark [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Spoken Word Artist
Public address: 
Martinez, GA
Georgia US
Email: 
info@poetrymattersproject.org
Bio: 

 Lucinda J. Clark is the founder of the Poetry Matters Project. She has worked with visual artists and authors on the protection, promotion and marketing of their creative works for over 25 years. She is a contributing poet of the View from The Middle of The Road Series of which there are now five editions.  She has also worked with poets ranging from middle schoolers to seniors on a series of anthologies, from these efforts she has published four anthologies with another set for end of this year.

Clark is a member of the Atlanta Writers Club, Augusta Literary Society and Past President of the Georgia Poetry Society,Through her work in publishing , P.R.A. Publishing, she is a member of  Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Poet's House and the Woman’s National Book Association (WNBA-D.C. Chapter). 

She has been a judge for

Ben Franklin Awards,IBPA

 South Carolina Arts Commission, Fellowship selection panelist, 2020,

Poetry Matters Lit Prize 2000-2023 

Laws of Life Essay Contest. District 6910

She resides in Georgia.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Favorite authors: 
Tayari Jones, Nikki Giovanni, Lucille Clifton, Claudia Rankine Natasha Trethwey Sheema Kalbasi Geza Tatrallyay, Jonathan Mayberry Mitch Albom, Colson Whitehead
Twitter/X: 
@LucindaJClark2
Born in: 
Raised in: 
Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania
RSS feed: 
https://amazon.com/author/lucindaclark [2]
Website: 
https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/luc… [1]
Prizes won: 

  Ira Harrison Social Issues Poetry Award-HM- Georgia Poetry Society 2022      

 Best Short film producer Indiefare Intl Film Festival  July 2022 for film Black People Don't Tango

   

 

 

What I'm reading now: 
Denounce! by Silvana Marcorni
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Boston My Blissful Winter by Alain Briottet
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
The Mind Spins by Geza Tatrallyay
Et Pourtant Je M' Eleve by Maya Angelou
Le Petit Livre Des Haikus by Muriel Detrie
Amongst The Grapevines by Minney Richani
How The Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
My Body Lives Like A Threat by Megha Sood
Deunce by Silvana Marcorni
Identifies as: 
African American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/lucinda_j_clark

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/lucinda_j_clark [2] https://amazon.com/author/lucindaclark