Dwayne Parish Explained

Dwayne Parish is an American poet. He was born in Fairfield, California on Travis Air Force Base[1] and grew up in Vallejo, California. He moved to Richmond in 1992. At age 55,[2] he was named the first poet laureate of Richmond, California in 2012.[3] He prefers to write in the acrostic form.[4] Parish also served on the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission. Parish was succeeded as poet laureate by Donté Clark, Lincoln Bergman, and Brendan Quintanilla, who served concurrently.

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  1. Web site: Seville . Michelle . DWAYNE PARISH TO BE NAMED INAUGURAL POET LAUREATE FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND . City of Richmond . 16 October 2019.
  2. News: Treadway . Chris . Excitement builds toward opening of Rosie the Riveter visitors center . 16 October 2019 . East Bay Times . 23 April 2012.
  3. News: Richmond selects three poets laureate for 2017-2019 . 16 October 2019 . Richmond Standard . 27 May 2017 . 15 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191015030012/https://richmondstandard.com/richmond/2017/05/27/richmond-selects-three-poets-laureate-for-2017-2019/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Lindsay . Bill . City of Richmond Weekly Report July 11, 2014 . City of Richmond . 16 October 2019.

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