yWrite with Angela Grout

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Poet & Writing Advocate Regine Jackson shares why using speculative fiction, horror, fantasy, and sci-fi allows her to incorporate mental health, inner-city life, and womanhood to express her own traumatic experiences. Regine tells yWrite Host Angela Grout her experience as the recipient of the 2022 Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writer Fellowship. As she shares how she applied and what the experience was like, new writers will learn why they should apply too. Regine talks about how many books she gas read and how that influenced her own writing, and passion to be a co-founder of the Cultural Connection: A Celebration of Black & Brown Literature. She is an advocate for writing and her workshop called MY REFLECTION IS ME has helped many woman bring voice to their own experiences. Regine's positive energy is highly contagious as she tells Angela her passion behind prompting women to share their stories in a safe environment.