Mahogany L. Browne, Urban Word to Receive Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award
Writer, organizer, and educator Mahogany L. Browne will receive the second annual Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award on behalf of Urban Word, one of the oldest and most comprehensive youth literary arts organizations in the country, of which Browne is artistic director. Brown is the author of recent works: I Remember Death By Its Proximity to What I Love (Haymarket), Chlorine Sky, Woke: A Young Poets Call to Justice (Crown), Woke Baby (Roaring Brook Press), and Black Girl Magic (Roaring Brook). Browne is the founder of the diverse lit initiative Woke Baby Book Fair. She is the first-ever Poet-in-Residence at Lincoln Center.
Browne will accept the award at MacDowell’s National Benefit to be held virtually December 7, 2021. MacDowell Fellow Cathy Park Hong and MacDowell Board of Directors Chair Nell Painter will present the 2021 Award to Browne. The Benefit will include a special reading from the recently announced 2022 New York City Youth Poet Laureate Elizabeth Shvarts and performances and testimonials from several MacDowell Fellows.
