On The Soapboxx w/ Mina Holladay Featuring Lady Blue

Lynn Blue known affectionately as Lady Blue is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a Bachelors degree in business and an associate in management. She is a former Contracting Office for the Department of Defense. Concrete writing has been her livelihood but creative writing has been her life line. The last 3 years have seen Lynn Blue return to her passion for writing with a passion. In 2005 she was featured in a PBS animation, A Room Nearby, produced by Paul and Sandra Fierlinger which is currently running until the end of 2009. Her first prize play, “The Sense of a Punk” was produced in 2006 at the Walt Whitman Art Center and directed by Ossie Jones. She self published her first chapbook, Poetic Therapy in 2007. Currently she is working on a full length book of short stories and poetry. She has been published in Inferno No Boundaries, Poetry Ink 2008 and The 2nd Annual Light of Unity Festival. Lynn has featured or performed throughout the tri state area. She is paving the way for poetry in musical venues. Lynn has been the first and only featured poet for the Annual Caribbean Festival held at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia. She was featured in 2007 and 2008. Lynn is dedicated to the business of utilizing her many voices to encourage our young. She has worked in the Community Education Program (CEP) alternative school system teaching poetry as a means of conflict resolution.