Heather 'Byrd' Roberts
Creative Catalyst | Poet | Educator | Author of Mahogany: A Love Letter To Black
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As an award-winning writer and producer of inHERitance: the stories we carry and HERstory of HIStory, Byrd uses her experiences as a Black woman to unlocks the opportunity for invisible voices to be heard. Her first chapbook, Mahogany: A Love Letter To Black is my 14-poem calling card. An invitation for discussion about Blackness and our relationship to this country, each other, and how they intersect. Her work focuses on the cross-over between form and freedom. Byrd's has appeared in CAGIBI’s journal, Sixfold, Expressions from Englewood, and will appear in the upcoming anthology, Trouble The Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue, in fall 2021. She is a core member of FLOW (For Love of Writing) Her favorite words are balloon and bubble.
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HUMMINGBYRD'S SPEAK
Attendees are encouraged to be active participants throughout the performance, and her approachable and infectious energy makes it easy to participate. The experience was deeply reflective, and I know that anyone who experiences it will be meaningfully impacted. ~Rose Tarullo |
I would describe her energy, her creativity, her choice of words as a gift that not only connects youth her message but also induces the creativity, inquiry, and the urge to grab a notebook or journal and get busy. ~Tina Jenkins Bell, President of FLOW |