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Čuvaj Se

Take Care: an organization supporting writers in conflict zones and post-conflict zones, as well as populations in the United States affected by war and trauma.

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    • Estonia Poetry Workshops, Narva
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    Author: Heather Derr-Smith

    Heather Derr-Smith is an American Poet and the author of The Bride Minaret (University of Akron Press, 2008), Each End of the World (Main Street Rag Press, 2005). and Tongue Screw (Spark Wheel Press. 2016). Her fourth collection, Thrust, won the 2016 Lexi Rudnitsky Prize and was published at Persea Books in 2017. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She teaches poetry in conflict zones and post-conflict zones and with refugees, migrants, and trauma survivors in the United States.

    Studying in Iceland

    This is Heather Derr-Smith in Iceland for the New Years. Fireworks have been popping and exploding outside my window for the last 72 hours! Icelanders are really… Read more “Studying in Iceland”

    December 31, 2019December 31, 2019 by Heather Derr-Smith

    Sarajevo

    Sarajevo is the birthplace, heart, and spirit of everything we do at Čuvaj Se. Our mission began there in a city under siege, whose citizens refused to… Read more “Sarajevo”

    July 14, 2018February 18, 2019 by Heather Derr-Smith

    LGBTQ Poetry Workshops in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina

    Cuvaj Se was in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina back in October 2016 doing LGBTQ Poetry workshops in coordination with American Corner Bih and The Tuzla Open Centre, an organization… Read more “LGBTQ Poetry Workshops in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina”

    March 30, 2018July 14, 2018 by Heather Derr-Smith

    Workshops in Zaporizhia, Ukraine

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    September 18, 2017February 18, 2019 by Heather Derr-Smith

    Human Rights and Poetry Workshops in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina

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    September 18, 2017February 18, 2019 by Heather Derr-Smith

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