Click Here for mp3: Renee Watson Interview
About Renee (her bio from the Community Word Project Website)…
Renée Watson ~~~ Teaching Artist
Renée Watson graduated from The New School, where she studied Creative Writing, and earned a certificate in Drama Therapy. Her one woman show, Roses are Red, Women are Blue, debuted at New York City’s Lincoln Center at a showcase for emerging artists. Her poetry has been published in With Hearts Ablaze and Theater of the Mind. Renée’s first children’s picture book, A Place Where Hurricanes Happen, will be published in 2010 (Random House). She has also published an article about teaching social justice issues in the classroom in Rethinking Schools. Renée graduated from CWP¹s Advanced TATIP program in 2005.
