High school students -- sign up for this six-week writing workshop with Baltimore's current Grand Slam Champion, Lady Brion of Dew More Baltimore. Each participant will receive a copy of Claudia Rankine's Citizen to read and use as inspiration. As a finale, workshop participants will participate in Claudia Rankine's program on Saturday, April 16, at the Pennsylvania Avenue Branch.

Lady Brion is a soulful Spoken Word Artist from Baltimore, committed to beautifying the world around her, uplifting the spirits of others, and advocating on behalf of the marginalized. In 2015, she represented Baltimore in the National Poetry Slam Competition in Oakland, California, and the Individual World Poetry Slam Competition, in Washington, DC. She was awarded a fellowship from the Open Society Institute to do poetry workshops at prisons and group homes in the greater Baltimore area.

Limited to 15 participants. Registration required; call 410-396-0399 to register.