2020 is a Year we shall never forget-not America, not the world.
Soulful, informational, eye- catching, and gut-wrenching, this anthology is a testimony of resilience and loss, of hurt and hope, of stories remembered and stories forgotten, of politics and the political, and what is possible when so much seems impossible..
Award-winning and game-changing writers like Nikki Giovanni, Gloria Steinem, Etan Thomas, Nancy Mercado, Dave Zirin, Jackson Katz, jessica Care moore, asha bandele, Tim Wise, Bob Holman, and V (formerly Eve Ensler) join both previously published and newly published writers of blogs, essays, poetry, journal entries, and fiction.
And now this book: 2020: THE Year That Changed AMERICA.
Seven workshops turned into ten workshops plus a permanent Facebook group of a few hundred writers.
Writers of all ages and identities showed up.
Amidst all of this, acclaimed writer Kevin Powell and the historic Nuyorican Poets Cafe partnered on seven free Zoom Writing workshops to allow people to express themselves in a safe and non-judgmental space, and to build community given the harsh realities of COVID. presidential election and its ugly aftermath.
The U.
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The passing of famous names like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chadwick Boseman, Naya Rivera, and Congressman John Lewis.
The massive street protests of Black Lives Matter.
The police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
The global pandemic called COVID-19.
The tragic death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter GiGi. 2020 is a Year we shall never forget-not America, not the world
