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Quartez Harris is a poet and teaching artist and was a second-grade teacher for six years. Harris is a Baldwin House fellow and named The Ohio Poetry Association’s Poet of the Year for his book We Made It to School Alive, and his poetry has garnered numerous accolades. His newest book Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer (January 2025), is a USA Today Bestseller and serves as an ode to the childhood of American icon James Baldwin and the power of storytelling, illustrated by Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honoree Gordon C. James. As the Writer-in-Resident at Cleveland School of the Arts, Quartez continues to support future generations by providing creative writing instruction to talented poets and writers, reflecting a commitment to ensuring that talented young poets and writers have access to high-quality literature and develop their love for reading and writing.
