“The New Black” and “Gone Fishin” (Storytelling)

These two pieces look at both a musing on the evolution of “Blackness,” and a girl’s relationship with her father and his guns.

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ERIKA GREEN SWAFFORD is a writer/performer that has written for stage and television.  She is currently a story editor on The Mentalist for CBS.  Erika was chosen to take part in the WGA’s Writers Access Project for 2009.  In 2007, she was selected to participate in the Warner Bros. Writer’s Workshop. Erika continues to perform original pieces with a host of storytelling collectives around Los Angeles  and in her spare time, teaches cooking classes.  Raised in Texas, Erika graduated from The Hotel School at Cornell University and received her MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.

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