our mission

Kitchen Table Literary Arts Center builds awareness, appreciation, and support for women of color and black women writers, poets, and their work.

WHAT WE DO

BUILD COMMUNITY

WE OFFER ARTS EDUCATION WORKSHOPS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

ENCOURAGE READING

OUR BOOK CLUB INVITES READERS TO EXPLORE CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSIC WORK BY WOMEN OF COLOR WRITERS AND POETS

SUPPORT WRITERS

WE CONNECT WOMEN WRITERS OF COLOR WITH OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY AND
OFFER AFFORDABLE, HIGH QUALITY CLASSES
ON CRAFT AND PUBLISHING

UPCOMING EVENTS

who we are

REACH OUT TO US ANYTIME WITH QUESTIONS OR COLLABORATION IDEAS!

Sheree l. greer, MFA

Director

jasmine m. smith, mba

Financial Director​

TIFFIANY "SLAM" ANDERSON, BA

Outreach Director

2020 VISION:

OFFICE SPACE/BUILDING FUND

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ABOUT OUR NAME:
KITCHEN TABLE LITERARY ARTS

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In 1980, activist, feminist, writer, and scholar Barbara Smith started a press "to make visual the writing, culture, and history of women of color." At the urging of poet Audre Lorde and a collective of other poets, writers, and essayists, Smith set out on the inspired and passionate tasks of building the mission, goals, and reach of the Kitchen Table Press. She chose the name, "Kitchen Table," because that sturdy, purposeful gathering place is "the center of the home, the place where women in particular work and communicate with each other" (Smith, 1989).

At Kitchen Table Literary Arts, we honor this tradition with more than our name. The work of increasing the visibility for women writers, poets, and artists of color is still extremely necessary, and our center's mission reflects our dedication to this very important work.

WE ARE PROUD MEMBERS OF
​THE BARBARA SMITH CARING CIRCLE

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The Barbara Smith Caring Circle is a collective, intergenerational movement to support the work and life of our hero and Black feminist icon, Barbara Smith, who turned 70 years old in 2016. As a culture-creator and movement-maker who dedicates her life to ending oppression and uplifting young people through education and mentorship, Barbara has made a life of giving, and now it is time for us, the many of us who have found our own voices in her words and her work, to lead by her example: by giving. Visit the online campaign to learn more about joining the Barbara Smith Caring Circle.
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