Nathan M. Richardson is an accomplished performance poet and published author of the book "Likeness of Being" and the "NEW" Chapbook "Twenty One Imaginary T-Shirts".  He is also the organizer and host of the Poetry, Prose & Pizza Open Mic Series, now syndicated in the cities of Chesapeake, Suffolk and Prince George, Virginia. Nationally, his poetry has been commissioned to accent major art exhibits at the Delaware Museum of Art, the New Mexico Holocaust Museum, and the Chrysler Museum. He is the resident teaching artist for the Artistic Verses Creative Writing Program sponsored by Newport News Pubic High Schools and the Peninsula Fine Arts Center (PFAC).   Nathan is also the creative writing instructor for Camp Rise Summer Arts Program which was awarded the 2012 National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award from The White House. 

Since 2010 he has served as the head coach for the Hampton Roads Youth Poets Slam Team. Each year poets ages 13-19 years old are selected  to represent Virginia at the Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam. HRYP is a division of the youth empowerment organization - Teens with a Purpose. For his work associated with HRYP, Nathan was recently named 2014 Slam Organizer of the Year by the National Poetry Awards.  A short list of his other affiliations include the Poetry Society of Virginia, Young Audiences of Virginia, and the Advisory Council for the Christopher Newport University Writers Conference.

 

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