DuEwa Frazier
DuEwa Frazier is an award winning poet, writer, speaker, author, educator, and performer. Born in Brooklynt, NY and raised in Queens, NY and St. Louis, MO. DuEwa has been honored with a Mayor's Proclamation in St. Louis, a Black Caucus of ALA Conference Literacy Presentmer Award, Writers Digest Publishing Awards honorable mention, and NAACP Image Award nomination.
She was a featured TEDx speaker in 2019 for her talk "Word is Bond." DuEwa is the author of a children's book, Alice's Musical Debut (2019), two teen novels, Quincy Rules(2016) and Deanne in the Middle (2014). DuEwa is also the author of several books of poetry, including Goddess Under the Bridge: Poems (2013). She is the editor of the NAACP Image Award nominated, Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees (2006).
Her writing has featured in Crossing the Divide Anthology, Eleven Eleven Literary Journal (CCA), Poetry in Performance (CUNY), Book Riot, MyBrownBaby.com, Black Renaissance Noire (NYU), Split This Rock, Essence Magazine and others. DuEwa has featured at colleges, arts venues, schools, libraries, conferences, and festivals.
Education:
B.A., English, Hampton University
M.S., Curriculum and Teaching, Fordham University
M.F.A., Creative Writing, The New School
Ed.M., Educational Leadership, Columbia University
PROGRAMS
COLLEGE
Keynote/Reading for: Black History Month (Feb),
Women's History Month (March) &
National Poetry Month (April)
Author Talk & Signing
Poetry and Spoken Word Performance
Diverse Voices in American Literature
Using Hip Hop to Teach Social Justice
NON-PROFIT ORGS & ARTS EVENT MANAGEMENT
Keynote Address
Writing Workshops for Youth
Youth Book Clubs
Children's Book Event
Book / Poetry Reading & Signing
CONFERENCES
Panel Discussion Topics: Literacy, Diversity, and Teaching Writing
Hip Hop Literacy
Author Talk and Signing (May include poetry reading)
Literacy Engagement Presentation (for Educators or Librarians)
Writing for Children / Diversity in Children's Book Publishing
Topics in Hip Hop: Education, Women in Hip Hop & Poetry
Writing Workshop
Young Adult Book Panel Discussion
DuEwa Frazier is an award winning poet, writer, speaker, author, educator, and performer. Born in Brooklynt, NY and raised in Queens, NY and St. Louis, MO. DuEwa has been honored with a Mayor's Proclamation in St. Louis, a Black Caucus of ALA Conference Literacy Presentmer Award, Writers Digest Publishing Awards honorable mention, and NAACP Image Award nomination.
She was a featured TEDx speaker in 2019 for her talk "Word is Bond." DuEwa is the author of a children's book, Alice's Musical Debut (2019), two teen novels, Quincy Rules(2016) and Deanne in the Middle (2014). DuEwa is also the author of several books of poetry, including Goddess Under the Bridge: Poems (2013). She is the editor of the NAACP Image Award nominated, Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees (2006).
Her writing has featured in Crossing the Divide Anthology, Eleven Eleven Literary Journal (CCA), Poetry in Performance (CUNY), Book Riot, MyBrownBaby.com, Black Renaissance Noire (NYU), Split This Rock, Essence Magazine and others. DuEwa has featured at colleges, arts venues, schools, libraries, conferences, and festivals.
Education:
B.A., English, Hampton University
M.S., Curriculum and Teaching, Fordham University
M.F.A., Creative Writing, The New School
Ed.M., Educational Leadership, Columbia University
PROGRAMS
COLLEGE
Keynote/Reading for: Black History Month (Feb),
Women's History Month (March) &
National Poetry Month (April)
Author Talk & Signing
Poetry and Spoken Word Performance
Diverse Voices in American Literature
Using Hip Hop to Teach Social Justice
NON-PROFIT ORGS & ARTS EVENT MANAGEMENT
Keynote Address
Writing Workshops for Youth
Youth Book Clubs
Children's Book Event
Book / Poetry Reading & Signing
CONFERENCES
Panel Discussion Topics: Literacy, Diversity, and Teaching Writing
Hip Hop Literacy
Author Talk and Signing (May include poetry reading)
Literacy Engagement Presentation (for Educators or Librarians)
Writing for Children / Diversity in Children's Book Publishing
Topics in Hip Hop: Education, Women in Hip Hop & Poetry
Writing Workshop
Young Adult Book Panel Discussion
