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The Porch Writers' Collective

Presentation Grant

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Recipient Information

Location

Nashville, Tennessee

Project Title

Maurice Ruffin

Year of Award

2024

Grant or Fellowship

Presentation Grants

Grant Amount

$2,750

New Orleans writer Maurice Ruffin will visit The Porch in either the final quarter of 2023 or spring of 2024 to teach a two-hour writing workshop for adults, work with the students of Hume-Fogg Academy in the school’s Lunch and Learn program and creative writing class, and present a free, public reading of his work, with a conversation and Q&A to follow.