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Conney D. Williams

Conney D. Williams

Conney D. Williams is a Los Angeles based poet, actor and performance artist originally from Shreveport, Louisiana where he worked a radio personality. His latest poetry collection entitled “The Distance of Observation was released on World Stage Press in August 2021. He is also the co-founder of World Stage Press. He released two critically acclaimed cds (2015) of his poetry accompanied by music: “Unsettled Water” and “River&Moan." He has two previous poetry collections “Leaves of Spilled Spirit from an Untamed Poet (2002)” and “Blues Red Soul Falsetto (2012).” He’s been published in various journals, publications, and anthologies (Voices from Leimert & Voices from Leimert Redux, Writers Resist, Drumming between Us, and Wide Awake). He’s the former Artistic Director at the World Stage Performance Gallery where he facilitated the Anansi Writers Workshop. He is a community activist and has worked with youth for over 35 years; he was an ordained minister and Youth Pastor in the Church of God in Christ. He hosted a cable television show and recorded a gospel rap cd called L.I.F.E (1985). He was Poet’s Stage Coordinator for the first 10 years of the Leimert Park Village Book Fair; and also the Annual Leimert Park Village African Art & Music Festival for three years (2012-2014). He has performed his poetry on television, radio (KJLH, KPFK), universities (USC, UCLA, Claremont, CSLB, Antioch, CS-Northridge, and others), cultural events & organizations (Black Arts Festival, CAAM), for the City & County of Los Angeles, across the U.S., and he regularly curates poetry events in Los Angeles.

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Pam Ward

Pam Ward

LA native, Pam Ward recently released her first poetry book, "BETWEEN GOOD MEN & NO MAN AT ALL, World Stage Press. Pam is the author of two novels, "WANT SOME GET SOME," Kensington, chronicling a heist after the '92 riots and "BAD GIRLS BURN SLOW," Kensington, a tale of a mother working funeral homes. A UCLA graduate and recipient of a "California Arts Council Fellow" and a "Pushcart Poetry Nominee," Pam edited the first anthology of Los Angeles black women poets entitled, "The Supergirls Handbook." While operating a design studio and teaching at Art Center College of Design, Pam merged writing and graphics to produce "My Life, LA" documenting Black Angelinos in poster/stories. Pam's literary showcase, "I Didn't Survive Slavery For This!" a multi-media poetic riff on life post emancipation, featured a collective of poets of The World Stage. Pam currently designs, runs her community imprint Short Dress Press and hosts Beyond Baroque's Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop, the longest running workshop in Los Angeles. Pam recently completed her third novel "Bury My Dress on Central Ave.," about her aunt's connection to the Black Dahlia murder, a crime so horrific it shocked the whole world happening inside Pam's very own hometown.

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