Lorraine Currelley is a poet, spoken word performance artist, Bronx Beat Poet Laureate 2020-2022, Pearls of Wisdom storyteller, educator, art/literary curator and multidisciplinary artist. Executive director for Poets Network & Exchange and Bronx Book Fair both award winning literary organizations. Widely anthologized publications include but not limited to From the Ancestors: Poems and Prayers for Future Generations edited by Ron Whitehead, Trancemission Press, Writing the Walls, 2020, Climbing the Walls 2020, Resistance, 2020 and Abrazos 2021 Writing for Peace Publishers. Memberships include Poets & Writers, AWP, National Writers Union, Studio Museum in Harlem and Hudson Valley MOCA. She’s a founding member and the former President of The Harlem Arts Fund. “I am mine and the freed tongues of my ancestors.” – Lorraine Currelley
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