Daily Archives: February 14, 2012

February 19th – Caroline Rothstein

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Caroline Rothstein is a New York City-based freelance writer and performer who specializes in spoken word poetry, creative nonfiction, and journalism. She was a member of the 2010 Nuyorican Poets Cafe slam team, which placed second at Poetry Slam International’s National Poetry Slam 2010. Caroline has competed, performed, and led workshops at poetry venues, theatres, colleges, universities, high schools, and middle schools around the United States for more than a decade. A longtime activist in eating disorder recovery, she hosts the widely viewed video-blog “Body Empowerment,”  sharing her own recovery story as a means to promote positive body image worldwide. As a poet and journalist, Caroline has been published in various literary journals, anthologies, and publications, also self-publishing two books of poetry: This Book Wrote Itself (2009), and What I Learned in College (2006).

We’ll be at the WCUW Frontroom (910 Main Street, Worcester) – see you there!