DuEwa Frazier is a poet, author, educator, performer and speaker. She is the author of a new children's book, Alice's Musical Debut (2019); two teen novels, Quincy Rules (2016) and Deanne in the Middle (2014); Goddess Under the Bridge: Poems (2013), Shedding Light From My Journeys (2002), Stardust Tracks on a Road (2005) and Ten Marbles and a Bag to Put Them In: Poems for Children (2010). DuEwa is the editor and publisher of the award nominated anthology, CHECK THE RHYME: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FEMALE POETS & EMCEES (2006). CHECK THE RHYME received nomination in Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry from the NAACP Image Awards in Hollywood, CA. CHECK THE RHYME also received an Honorable Mention for the 2010 Writer's Digest Awards and the 2007 AALAS Open Book Awards. DuEwa has received additional honors from AALAS Book Awards, Black Caucus of the American Library Association annual conference, Mayor's Proclamation from the Mayor of University City (St. Louis) and University City Arts & Letters Commission, and Writer's Digest Publishing Awards. DuEwa has produced and hosted numerous arts events in the New York City area and other locations. Her unique brand of arts events include Art. Love. Music., Word Canvas, Word Canvas Soul and Music, Word Canvas Garden of Poetics and The Haiku & Handgrenades Tribute for Sonia Sanchez at The 2010 Harlem Book Fair in Harlem. She produced the 2016 I: Rise: Women's History Month Tribute to Women Poets at The Missouri History Museum. DuEwa produced the program, An Evening with Ntozake Shange in April 2017 at The Museum History Museum.DuEwa has been a contributing writer for the following publications: Crossing the Divide Anthology, Eleven Eleven Literary Journal, Black Renaissance Noire (NYU), Split this Rock, Tidal Basin Review, Signifyin' Harlem, Essence Magazine, Reverie Journal, Allhiphop.com, Medium, Kweli Literary Journal, Mahogany Butterfly, PW Review, EzineArticles, Drumvoices Revue, Mosaic Magazine, Poetry Ink Anthology, Poetry in Performance, and others. As an author and speaker DuEwa has featured at numerous arts venues, colleges, festivals, and conferences. Her education themed TEDx Talk "Word is Bond" (January 2019) is available on the TEDx YouTube channel. DuEwa earned the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing degree at The New School. She earned the Ed.M. In Educational Leadership at Columbia University, the M.Ed. in Curriculum & Teaching (Literacy) at Fordham University and the B.A. in English at Hampton University. Visit:www.duewaworld.comwww.facebook.com/DuEwaFrazierwww.twitter.com/DuEwaFrazier1www.duewaworld.tumblr.comwww.duewaworldnews.blogspot.comRead more about this authorRead less about this author