Sarah Bracey White AB, English, Morgan State University MS, Information Services, U of MD
contact: bracey0114@aol.com
Literary Resume
Print Publications:
2010 "Incense Always Reminds Me of Yusef," We’ll Always Have Chicago:True
Stories of Remembered Love, Spruce Mountain Press
"Looking for Lost Pen-Pal," Daily Republic, Mitchell, SD, Dec. 23
2008 "Winning and Losing," Scarsdale Inquirer (Westchester County)
2004 "My Aunt Susie," Aunties: 35 Writers Celebrate Their Other Mothers, Ballantine Books
2004 "I Come to the Garden Alone," Gardening on a Deeper Level, Garden House Press
2002 "Shedding the Life Jacket," New York Times (Westchester Section), Feb.3
2001 "Adjusting to Husband’s Retirement," The Journal News (Westchester County, NY), 8/30
2000 "Freedom Summer- 1963," Dreaming in Color, Living in Black and White, Pocket Books
2000 "Breath of Fresh Air," New York Times (Westchester Section) July 9
1999 "Freedom Summer - 1963," Children of the Dream, Pocket Books/Simon& Schuster
1998 "Stephen F.White & Susie Bracey White," Afro-American Newspapers, "Salute to the Black Family”
1979 Feelings Brought To Surface, (poetry anthology), Harlo Press
TV & Radio Interviews:
2007 “Meet The Leaders,” The Big Read in Westchester
2004 Westchester Library System, “Libraries and Writers,” African American Literary Luncheon
2003 “Writers Blocked,” Cable TV show (½ hour interview)
2002 WVOX interview with Paul Feiner (½ hour) “State of the Arts”
2002 “Writers Blocked,” Cable TV show (½ hour book interview)
2001 Channel 12, “Arts Alive Presentation”
1995 “Good Day New York,” Interview with editor of “Marriage After 40"
1994 “African American Read-In” Cable TV, Ossining, NY
1993 “Greenburgh and the Arts,” Cable TV interview with Paul Feiner
1992 Radio interview WFAS, “Meet Greenburgh’s New Arts Director”
Talks and Readings:
2010 Public Reading, The Big Read: The Things They Carried,
2007 Panel Discussion, Zora Neale Hurston, The Big Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God
“Wanderlust,” Creative Café, 1st Annual Small Tales Festival
“Wanderlust,” The Big Read (NEA) in Westchester, Greenburgh Town Hall
Manhattanville College, Purchase, Summer Writers’ Week Workshop Leader
M-Pals (Manhattanville College) Keynote Speaker, Summer Retreat
“Return to the Summer of ’63,” Chappaqua Library Memoir Writers Annual Reading
2004 Westchester Library System’s African American Book Luncheon
2003 Lincoln High School, 40th Reunion, Sumter, SC, Keynote address
Hudson Valley Writers Center; Eastchester Library Authors Series
2002 Scarsdale, NY - Women’s Club, Literary Division, Shedding the Cloak of Fiction
2000 Hartsdale Rotary Club, Hartsdale NY, “Arts and Culture in Westchester”
1999 Greenburgh Library, National Library Week, “Authors’ Series”
1995-1998 National Writers Union, “Writers at Bat,” Ossining, NY; Fairfield University
1996 "Neuberger Museum Writers' Series," Purchase, NY - “The Writer’s Life”
Gill Library, College of New Rochelle, “Writers on Writing”
1990 Hudson Valley Writers' Fiction Series, Warner Library, Tarrytown, NY
1993 Poets and Writers Series, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
1991 Westchester Community College, Young Authors' Conference, Keynote address
Westchester Community College, “Freedom Writers ’91"
Staged Presentations:
1990 "Delia," One Station Plaza; Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Chappaqua Library Theater
Awards and Honors:
2010 Inaugural Fellow, Purchase College Writers Center, Purchase, NY
2007 Winner, Creative Cafe’s Small Tales Festival, Hastings, NY
2004 Employee of the Year, Town of Greenburgh New York
Honorary Chair, Westch. Library System, African-American Authors’ Literary Tea
2003 Westchester Arts Council, Community Service Award
2000 Westchester Arts Council Arts in Education Award, White Plains, NY
1998-2001 Panelist, New York State Council for the Arts, State and Local Partnerships
1994 National Writers Union, Creative Leadership Award
1993 Fiction Fellowship, Wesleyan University Writers' Conference
1992 Panelist/Judge - BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) Fellowships
Editorial Projects:
2007 Times of Our Lives, Scenes of Our Lives (inter-generational poetry/prose/photography anthologies)
1996-to date Short Stories By Me, annual compilation of stories by children in The Kids Short Story Connection
1995 Inside My Head, anthology of art and poetry by homeless children
1995-to date Let the Poets Speak, annual poetry chapbook by adults and children
Writing/teaching Related Experience:
1995-2010 Creator/Manager/teacher - Kids Short Story Connection, Greenburgh New York
2006 Inter-generational Poetry, Prose and Photography Project at a Senior Living Facility
1996 -pres. Founder, "Kids Short Story Connection" (writing workshops for 9-15 year olds)
1993 Fiction Workshop Leader, Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Tarrytown, NY
1992 Coordinator of seminars & creative showcases for Westchester/CT fiction writers
1991-1992 Adjunct Professor (Creative Writing), Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY
1990 Workshop leader, Annual Artists' Conference, Rockland Community College
1986-pres. Founder/Coordinator, Westchester Writers’ Peer Support Group
1985-1994 President, Westchester/CT Local, National Writers Union
1975-1977 Poetry and writing instructor, Morgan State University
Related Experience
2001 Host - Greenburgh Cable TV shows on Arts and Culture
Host, NAACP Life Membership Awards Program
2000 Speaker, Hartsdale Rotary Club
1994 Host, NAACP ACT-SO Regional Awards Program
Committee Member, Regional Plan Association, Competitive Region Initiative (Arts & Culture; Tourism Cluster)
1993 Westchester County Citizen's Task Force on Funding for Westchester Libraries
1992 Contributor, publicist, "Local Writers' Showcase", Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Coordinator, NWU Annual Writers' Conference, Pace Univ.& Mercy College
Coordinator, monthly seminars for Westchester fiction writers
Coordinator, Creative Showcases, Fairfield University
Creator/Host of "Food For Thought: Conversations with Working Authors," Mercy College
1989 Coordinator of seminars for fiction writers in Westchester, Rockland and Fairfield, CT
1981 Regional Judge (Literary Category) for NAACP's Project ACT-SO
1980 Public Relations Director/Moderator, "Black History Before Your Eyes," Yonkers High School
Board of Directors-Documentation Coordinator, Aunt Len's Doll & Toy Museum, NYC
1979 Chairman, Board of Directors, Getty Square Neighborhood Center, Yonkers, NY
1976 Special Consultant/lecturer for Women's Career Conference, Morgan State University
