Richmond Poetry Festival 2026: Poems from the Page, Room Swept Home

In this generative writing workshop, Rosa Castellano, Poet and Visual Arts Center Writing Community Engagement Coordinator, will mine Remica Bingham-Risher’s book Room Swept Home for prompts and inspiration encouraging participants to start their own poems examining memory, lineage, and notions of home. In 2025, Room Swept Home was named the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and an Honor Book for Best Poetry (2025) in the Black Caucus of the American Library Association/BCALA Literary Awards. This program is part of the 2026 Richmond Poetry Festival hosted by The Visual Arts Center, Richmond. View additional programs in the National Poetry Month series.