Literary Biography– Cynthia Alessandra Briano, Founder and Instructor
Cynthia Alessandra Briano
Founder and Instructor
LITERARY BIOGRAPHY:
Cynthia Alessandra Briano is a recipient of the Lois Morrell & J. Russell Hayes Poetry Prize, a finalist in the national James Hearst Poetry Prize, and has been published in the North American Review, Small Craft Warnings, and Scarlet Letters. She is co-founder of Spanish Literary Journal, enie, and has served as Editor-in-Chief of Ourstory, a diversity publication. Cynthia is founder of the annual Night of Shamelessness, and has initiated Multi-Lingual Poetry Slams at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she completed a Directed Creative Writing Project, facilitated poetry and creative writing workshops for alumni and students, and where she earned her B.A. in English Literature, Creative Writing, and Studio Art. She has been a Featured Poet at Pasadena and L.A. County Libraries and has read her work at various L.A. venues, including The Natural History Museum of L.A, The Sunland-Tujunga Library of L.A., which was co-sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc., and the On-Air Inspiration House, on KPFK. Cynthia has served as Co-Curator of the city-wide World Beyond Poetry Festival on behalf of Self-Help Graphics & Art, where she has served as Literary Programs Director and Poet-In-Residence.
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Currently, Cynthia is a Creative Writing Instructor and the Founder of Spitfire Literary Productions, Org. Spitfire Lit. is a Literary Arts Organization that offers Creative Writing Workshops to young adults and adults at all levels. Small, intimate workshops, private tutorials and Public School Curriculum Enrichment Workshops are offered. A large component of Spitfire Lit. is collaboration in and initiation of Literary Events in the city-wide Literary Arts Community.
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For special occasions and/or purely for inspiration, Cynthia runs Love-On-Demand, a poetry booth on Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade, where anyone can custom-order a love poem, written on location, typed up and ready for pick up in an hour. Collaboration with other writers welcomed. Gift Certificates and orders by e/mail also available.
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