![]() ![]() He was a creative writing teacher, a poet, and an independent book publisher, before releasing his first book in 1999, a love poem collection titled Crush. Now, almost a decade and a half later, he’ll headline the second annual Black Ink Book Festival, using another platform to continue to instill a love of reading into his audience, no matter the age.īeginning his career in the ’90s, Alexander took a handful of jobs that embraced the written word. ![]() “My life as a writer and being inspired enough to want to write about what’s happening around me, to me, is linked directly to my interaction with young people, because I think they are my inspiration,” says Alexander. Really, it was just his way of giving back. “The children ended up writing poems and publishing a book,” says Alexander. Arriving at the MOJA Festival with a head full of poems, he delivered a presentation to a group of six- and seven-year-olds at the Dock Street Theatre and hosted a writing workshop for the kids. ![]() The first time award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander visited Charleston was in 2003. ![]()
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