Performing Art – Baltimore
Spoken Word artist Fernando Quijano III is the President of the Baltimore Chapter of the Maryland Writers’ Association & author of From the Bottom Up, an op-ed column featured on theurbantwist.com. His work has been featured in Welter, Smile Hon, You’re in Baltimore, Baltimore Fishbowl & the poetry anthology, Life in Me Like Grass on Fire. An excerpt from his unpublished novel, Killing Lilith was included in the Apprentice House anthology Freshly Squeezed. He has been featured at the Baltimore Book Festival, as well as on Essential Sundays, Last Rites, Stoop Storytelling & The Signal on WYPR. In his spare time, he volunteers to lead free writing workshops for Baltimore’s underserved communities. Fernando was recently awarded a B grant for his writing by the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund. You can find more of Fernando’s work at thewordpimpspits.blogspot.com.