Breathe Read Write

05/20/2026

"Grift" is the seed word for tomorrow's prompts in https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brw-on-thursday-mornings-meditategenerate-new-workshare-tickets-792732081997?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
If you want to work on processing this administation's corruption with friends, BRW is here: Thursday, May 21 from 10 am to 12 pm ET.

Clear your mind. Give the censors a break. Let your words come. Connect with your writing companions from all over the U.S. and beyond.

05/04/2026

Our schedule for May & June & beyond is here! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J3T9Ptm7yJA_LlzKMeh2E_eqAMUgI20rzqo8zhrjegM/edit?usp=sharing. Artwork by Kate Teale.

05/04/2026

I'm excited to celebrate BRW's Freedom Poets - Betty Fanelli & Laura Rutland & more - this Friday. Free event! Join us and read in the open mic! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/freedom-poems-anthology-celebration-tickets-1987793730558?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

01/18/2026

"Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love." MLK, Jr. in Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Join BRW's MLK Day Circle on Jan. 19 at 10 am ET: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/honoring-mlk-as-a-drum-major-for-justice-meditate-freewrite-share-tickets-1980318432741?aff=oddtdtcreator

01/11/2026

Danez Smith: "The role of us poets is to witness the world, to see with our eyes and souls the delicate threads of truth, past, and possibility around us. With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us, to our own lives, and to our countries."

Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness

01/08/2026

A poem by Renée Nicole Macklin, to later become Renée Nicole Good, who was murdered in Minneapolis today by ICE while trying to protect her neighbors. She was 37 and had a 6-year-old son.

On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

01/06/2026

Here's the BRW January Calendar: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19YNB2Lk1oN2RJdOhLUEa1zSBWgROBraMg7utQeXrTMM/edit?usp=sharing

01/03/2026

If you are looking for a warm circle, join BRW on Tuesday morning, January 6. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brw-morning-writes-get-centered-fortify-yourself-with-writer-friends-tickets-1977515907312?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/29/2025

BRW's last circle of 2025 happens on Monday morning, 12/29, 8:30 - 9:30 am ET.
Link to register and January schedule here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19YNB2Lk1oN2RJdOhLUEa1zSBWgROBraMg7utQeXrTMM/edit?tab=t.0

09/26/2025

See you on Brooklyn's Beach (Brighton) this Sunday? I hope so!

Equinox season is about balance. Light and dark. Let go of summer and embrace fall w/ ocean time, meditation, writing, potluck, and friends.