Left Write Hook will be joining Mother Tongue to celebrate the publication of Ringside at Left Write Hook, a collection of writing from our Wyndham program.

Mother Tongue is an intimate, warm and cozy night of Women's Spoken Word (poetry, stories, songs, etc). It is a space to sit back and listen, receive, as well as step up and share a piece yourself via the open mic.

Donna, Zoe J, Alex, C.K Alfaro, ET, Ronnie, Mic and Red will read from Ringside at Left Write Hook, an artistic celebration of the experiences they shared as participants of Left Write Hook’s flagship 8-week trauma-informed writing and boxing program.

A heart breaking yet hopeful record of victim-survivors reclaiming themselves and their bodies through peer-led writing and trauma informed boxing, Ringside at Left Write Hook allows readers to bear witness to the personal journeys of participants over the course of the program through their writings and art.

Each of the eight survivors will read a selection of their published writings from the book that highlight the unique nature of healing, and demonstrate the comfort in connectedness and community.