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November 12^th Meeting
The Called And Ready Writers Present...

FALL LITERARY AND PERFORMANCE SYMPOSIUM SESSION  FOR POETS, PLAYWRIGHTS AND SONGWRITERS

Featuring Special Guest:
MRS. MARCIA JONES-WASHINGTON

After years of writing poetry, Marcia began “dabbling” at songwriting while in high school.  Upon graduation, however, Marcia found herself putting aside her typewriter to spend more time “experiencing life.”  It has been in recent years that she has transformed some of those life experiences into poetry and song once again.  Writing has even served as a therapeutic and healing tool for losses, which she has experienced and feels she has only overcome “by the grace of God.”

A native of Pittsburgh, Marcia has performed her poetry at many different venues such as: coffee houses, bookstores, family reunions, community events, and at one of Pittsburgh’s unique “FluX” art events.

Marcia has made it a point to remember the elderly at Christmas time, recruiting friends, relatives, and co-workers to join her in visiting local nursing homes and senior facilities to have Christmas carol “sing-alongs” with their residents.

Television appearances have included Cornerstone Television’s “A Nichol’s Worth,” to discuss her first poetry collection titled, “The Words Just Jumped Right Out!”  She has also had the opportunity to perform her original novelty song, “Gotta Have My Coffee,” with other members of the Pittsburgh Songwriter’s Association on Pittsburgh’s community cable television station, PC-TV 21.

Marcia’s most recent endeavor has been to head up a small community performance group called, the Under Authority Theatre Group.  This is a small group of women who share a common vision, which is to present the lives of history making African American Women to a public who has little or no awareness of them.  Their productions will tell the story of four women at a time and are, therefore, called “4 Real Women.”  Their first season has found them performing at Carlow University’s Heyl

Auditorium, at the P.O.W.E.R. House, (a facility for women in recovery from drugs and alcohol)) and on Cornerstone Television’s “Focus 4” program.

Marcia’s personal mission is to “inspire through words” – whether they are written, spoken or sung.

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