Dwayne Parish
Dwayne Parish is an American poet. He was born in Fairfield, California on Travis Air Force Base[1] and grew up in Vallejo, California.[1] He moved to Richmond in 1992.[2] At age 55,[2] he was named the first poet laureate of Richmond, California in 2012.[3][1] He prefers to write in the acrostic form.[4] Parish also served on the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission.[1] Parish was succeeded as poet laureate by Donté Clark, Lincoln Bergman, and Brendan Quintanilla, who served concurrently.[4]
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- ^ a b c d Seville, Michelle. "DWAYNE PARISH TO BE NAMED INAUGURAL POET LAUREATE FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND". City of Richmond. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ a b Treadway, Chris (23 April 2012). "Excitement builds toward opening of Rosie the Riveter visitors center". East Bay Times. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Richmond selects three poets laureate for 2017-2019". Richmond Standard. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ a b Lindsay, Bill. "City of Richmond Weekly Report July 11, 2014". City of Richmond. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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- American male poets
- Living people
- People from Richmond, California
- Writers from Vallejo, California
- Municipal Poets Laureate in the United States
- African-American poets
- People from Fairfield, California
- 21st-century African-American people
- African-American male writers
- American poet stubs