Ann Marie Brzozowski

Ann Marie Brzozowski Wilmington Emerging Literature: Fiction By: Gail Obenreder “I am endlessly grateful for the influence books have had on my life. They are my truest friend and my greatest love.” Ann Marie Brzozowski has been reading and writing her entire life. From childhood, she created stories and – as a little girl with […]

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Njideka Wiggins

Njideka Wiggins Wilmington Emerging Literature: Playwriting By: Gail Obenreder “I devoured and savored words – written, spoken, sung – since I could remember. Writing chose me, long before I knew a black girl could be a writer.” Though she was always in love with words – “while other little girls played with dolls, I was […]

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Michele Xiques

Michele Xiques Milford Established Dance: Choreography By: Gail Obenreder “My dancers inspire me every day!” Michele Xiques Arnold is a Delaware native, born on Dover Air Force Base where her father served. But it was when her father’s transfer took the family to North Carolina that she seriously began the training that would lead to […]

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