Soul Mountain Retreat
The Soul Mountain Retreat is a writer's colony in East Haddam, Connecticut, USA.
History
The retreat was established in 2004 with a grant from the University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences[1] by the writer and former Connecticut poet laureate Marilyn Nelson. The idea for creating the retreat grew out of the Cave Canem workshops.[2]
Soul Mountain offers fellowships to "emerging and established poets"[3] with an emphasis on supporting writers belonging to traditionally underrepresented racial or cultural groups.[4]
The non-profit organization has established partnerships with African Continuum Theater Company, Cave Canem, Kundiman, the University of Connecticut, Sarah Lawrence College, New York University, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.[5]
Past Fellows
Past fellows have included Samiya Bashir, Sherwin Bitsui, Kwame Dawes, LeAnne Howe, Tara Betts, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran,[6] Allison Hedge Coke, Harryette Mullen, Bushra Rehman, and Afaa M. Weaver.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.iowasource.com/books/2008_07_soul.html
- ↑ http://www.pw.org/content/qampa_eady_sees_cave_canem_success "Q&A: Eady Sees Cave Canem Success" by Thomas Sayers Ellis, Poets & Writers November/December 2006
- ↑ http://www.pw.org/content/soul_mountain_retreat_poetic_utopia_rural_connecticut "Soul Mountain Retreat: A Poetic Utopia in Rural Connecticut", Poets & Writers March/April 2007
- ↑ http://www.soulmountainretreat.org/our_history.html Soul Mountain history
- ↑ http://www.soulmountainretreat.org/our_history.html Soul Mountain history
- ↑ http://www.pw.org/content/ahimsa_timoteo_bodhr%C3%A1n
- ↑ http://www.soulmountainretreat.org/Alumni.html
External links
- Official website of Soul Mountain Retreat
- article "Soul Mountain Retreat: A Place for Poets" by Tony Ellis, The Iowa Source
- Soul Mountain page at TransArtists residency guide