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WRITERS ACROSS OCEANS

Crafting Community, Connecting Cultures,

and Creating Spaces for Writers Around the World

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Writers' Retreats

Writers Across Oceans invites writers to our first ever writers' retreat "Gathered Voices: A Women-Led Writing Retreat" in Waimea, Hawai'i. This event offers an opportunity for creation, fellowship, reflection, relaxation, and daydreaming amidst beautiful surroundings.

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INTERNATIONAL
POETRY EXCHANGES

Writers Across Oceans Founder Karla Brundage has organized multiple poetry exchanges across continents. From the first West Oakland to West Africa Exchange, she has brought poets together from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Hawai'i, California and more.

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Books

Explore books from West Oakland to West Africa's poetry exchanges including Our Spirits Carry Our Voices, Sisters Across Oceans, and Black Rootedness: 54 Poets from Africa to America. Featuring poets from California, Hawai'i, Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya, these incredible collections of poems craft conversations about the human condition.

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