Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award 2017 Patricia Smith was awarded the first Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award on Nov. 12, 2017, in a ceremony at Gateway City Arts. A video of her acceptance speech along with opening remarks from Ellen Meeropol and Robert Meeropol and musical performances by Pamela Means was created with Read More
Patricia Smith awarded the Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award by SDWG Board President Ellen Meeropol & Robert Meeropol Patricia Smith Robert Meeropol SDWG Board President Ellen Meeropol and Advisory Board member Bill Newman Photos by Doug Anderson It is rare and wonderful when several important elements of a life come together and make joy. Read More
I’d like to tell you the story of this award and why Straw Dog Writers Guild created it. Like most stories, it’s not easy to know where to begin. Maybe in 1935, when a young Jewish high school teacher in the Bronx saw a photograph of a lynching. It haunted him and he wrote a Read More
