LITERARY ART
Charan Morris has performed as a feature poet for various audiences throughout Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Virginia and shared a stage with artists such as Gill Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, Lemon Anderson, Ishle Yi Park, Baba Israel, Toni Blackman, Kelly Tsai, Tara Betts, Taalam Acey and others. She has taught creative writing workshops to underserved youth.
- S.W.A.P. 2011 & 2012 Production New York, NY
- Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon New York, NY
- Creative Alliance at The Patterson Baltimore, MD
- Schomburg Center New York, NY
- The African American Museum Hempstead, NY
- University of CA Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, CA
- Cave Canem Literary Foundation Brooklyn, NY
- BAM (Brookyln Academy of Music) Brooklyn, NY
- James Madison University Shenandoah Valley, VA
- Black Pride Poetry Slam (winner) Chicago, IL
- The Westchester Arts Council White Plains, NY
- Adriala Gallery/MoCADA Museum Brooklyn, NY
- New York University New York, NY
- Busboys & Poets Washington, DC
- Revolution Books New York, NY
- LGBT Center New York, NY
- The Gala Theater-Tivoli Washington, DC
- Bowery Poetry Club New York, NY
- Baha’i Center New York, NY
- Brownstone Books Brooklyn, NY
- La Pregunta Café New York, NY
- Rikers Island New York, NY
- WOW Café LGBT Art Space New York, NY
- Nuyorican Poets Café New York, NY
- Slam Semi-Finalist
- Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY
- Sputnik Brooklyn, NY
- DC Poetry Festival Washington, DC
- Rock The Block Brooklyn Fest New York, NY
- Soundbites Poetry Festival New York, NY
- Jackson Heights Poetry Festival Queens, NY
- Black Women’s Arts Festival Philadelphia, PA
- Urban Bush Women’s Fundraiser Brooklyn, NY
- Bronx Museum of the Arts Bronx, NY
- Barnard College New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
- InDigest October 2012
- Kweli Journal September 2012
- Sinister Wisdom: A Multicultural Journal by & for Lesbians Summer 2012
- The Gallatin Review 2004
- New York University’s Brownstone Magazine 2003, 2004
EDUCATION
Masters of Education, June 2007 City College of New York Secondary English Education Graduate Department of English Ed.
Bachelor of Arts, May 2004 New York University Race, Education & Society Gallatin School of Individualized Study
FELLOWSHIPS
- LAMBDA Literary Foundation Fellowship for Emerging LGBT Voices 2011-12
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON TEACHING POETRY FOR EDUCATORS
Columbia Teachers College, New York, New York
- Guest Facilitator: The Teaching of Writing Non-Fiction (Workshop topic: teaching poetry) 2009
- Guest Lecturer/ Facilitator: Teaching English in Diverse Social-Cultural Context (Workshop topic: teaching poetry) 2008
POETRY WORKSHOPS TAUGHT
Vanguard High School: Julia Richmond Complex, New York, NY
- Poetry Workshop Facilitator Feb-June 2010 to present
- Development of curriculum/lesson planning for a semester long poetry workshop for high school students
Library Writing Workshop Series: Wadleigh Secondary School, New York, NY
- Poetry Workshop Co-Facilitator March-May 2009
- Recruited prospective students for after school poetry workshop
- Developed curriculum for an eight week poetry workshop for high school students
- Co-facilitated each workshop with the school librarian
Children’s Aid Society: Dunlevy Milbank Community Center, New York, NY
- Poetry Workshop Co-Facilitator September 2002-June 2003
- Assisted in the development of curriculum/lesson planning for a six week poetry workshop for formally incarcerated youth
- Co-facilitated each workshop with a team of four instructors
- Served as liaison between workshop group and sight- coordinator
ON RADIO PERFORMANCES
- WBAI Radio Speaker: Poetry in Dedication to Deceased African-American Poets 2008
- WHCR Radio Speaker: Performance of Student Inspired Poetry & Integration of Hip-Hop in classroom curriculum 2008