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Words in the Wild: Nature Inspired Writing Workshop

With BPL Writer-in-Residence Cynthia Amoah

Writer-in-Residence Cynthia Amoah leads this outdoor writing workshop where participants will draw inspiration from nature to enhance their writing. This program is at Havenwood Park from 5:30-7:30pm.

BPL Writer-in-Residence Cynthia Amoah leads this outdoor writing workshop at Havenwood Park (2425 Havenwood Dr. S., Bexley, OH), where participants will draw inspiration from nature to enhance their writing. We'll explore how focusing on sensory details and connecting with the natural world can open up how we write about the world around us. 

In the case of inclement weather, this workshop will be held at the Bexley Public Library Auditorium.

About the Presenter:

Cynthia Amoah is the inaugural BPL Writer-in-Residence. Cynthia is a Ghanaian-American poet, national speaker, and teaching artist. She received her MFA from The New School where she was awarded the prestigious Paul Violi Poetry Prize and cited for Excellence in Poetry. Cynthia began competing nationally in recitation and motivational speaking engagements in 2006. Since then, her dynamic voice and strong stage presence has captured and inspired diverse audiences, both locally and globally.

Cynthia’s voice reflects the strong and colorful oral traditions of her homeland, Ghana, which undoubtedly cultivates and shapes her work. Although influenced by diasporic motifs, Cynthia transcends limitations and labels, instead embracing a holistic, multifaceted identity.

Her work can be found published in OURS Magazine, Nimrod Journal, Ohio Humanities: Pathways, and The African Poetry Book Fund’s New-Generation African Poets Chapbooks by Akashic Books. Cynthia’s chapbook Handrails was published by Akashic in Fall 2021.

BPL Writer-in-Residence programming is made possible through a State Library of Ohio grant.