Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton is an internationally known writer, educator, activist, and the first Black Poet Laureate of Houston. A winner of an SPA Houston Artist Commissioning Project virtual award, Deborah’s shares her latest work, Hold the Light.
Westwood Trust Creative Chat
Before the premiere, join us on Monday, October 12 at 7 PM for a Westwood Trust Creative Chat featuring Claire Williamson, SPA’s Director of Education & Community Engagement, in conversation with the artist.
Both events can be watched below or at the additional links provided.
WESTWOOD TRUST CREATIVE CHAT Monday, October 12 | 7 PM
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THE PREMIERE OF HOLD THE LIGHT
Monday, October 12 | 7 PM
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About the Artist Mouton is an internationally known writer, educator, activist, and the first Black Poet Laureate of Houston. Her work has appeared in Houston Noir by Akashic Press (2019), Black Girl Magic by Haymarket Books (2019), Fjords Journal, Crab Orchard Review, and on such platforms as NPR, BBC, ABC, Apple News, Blavity, Upworthy, and across the TedX circuit.
She serves as a contributing writer to Texas Monthly and Glamour. Her most recent poetry collection, Newsworthy, won honorable mention for the Summerlee Book Prize. A German translation, under the title SayTheirNames, is set to be released in Fall 2021 by Elif Verlag.
D.E.E.P. holds two Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, in English and African American Studies respectively. She also holds a M.Ed from the University of ST. Thomas. She is a certified teacher with the State of Texas and has dedicated over 15 years towards the education of young minds, the expansion of literacy, and the dismantling of literary racism. Learn more at livelifedeep.com.
