About

Inspired by the fierce work of dynamic Black women in poetry, literary, visual and performing arts Wild Seed Poetry & Arts Collective was born. Building a safe space to explore and challenge each other and the scope of our craft to create new and innovative works. We are a collective of women who support and encourage each other. We are cultivating wild seeds who must, as is their destiny, break free and grow. Wild Seed Poetry & Arts Collective is founded by and entirely led by Black women.

Mission

This organization’s mission is to provide workshops, professional development, publication opportunity, and community to California poets, writers, and artists of color.

Vision

A community of artists and writers who empower each other to create sustainable literary and artistic opportunities.

Goals

Our driving goal is to work together to create communities and practices for ourselves and other artists. To this end we will use the process of creation, revision, publication, and review.

Founders

Ginger Galloway

In one word, Ginger M. Galloway can be described as intricate. Ginger is an author, illustrator, poet and playwright. Her other interests and hobbies include crochet, knitting, quilting, and reading. She is an educator and loves to engage her students in creative, performing and expressive arts. Ginger and her husband, Richard, live in Menifee with four of their seven children. Her writing credits include The Lynching of Sarah Elizabeth (2017) and Gerald Learned to Tie His Shoes (2020), can be found on Amazon.

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Natalie Graham

Natalie J. Graham, a native of Gainesville, Florida, earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Florida. She completed her Ph.D. in American Studies at Michigan State University as a University Distinguished Fellow. Her first poetry collection, Begin with a Failed Body, was selected by Kwame Dawes for the 2016 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Her poems and articles have been published in San Francisco Chronicle, PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers, Callaloo, Obsidian, New England Review, Southern Humanities Review, The Journal of Popular Culture, and Transition. A widely-published scholar of African American Studies, she focuses on race, masculinity, and regional identities and has taught cultural studies at the college level for over 15 years. She currently serves as the Director of Cal State Fullerton’s Institute of Black Intellectual Innovation and as the Chair of the Department of African American Studies.

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