Rail Writers
Keeping the city on trackRail Writers 2018
11 partner venues.
3 neighborhoods.
20 rides.
1 amazing summer of Rail Writers.
This is Rail Writers 2018. This is The Writer’s Garret.
Special thanks to:
Texas Commission on the Arts
City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
Communities Foundation of Texas
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Dallas Museum of Art
Klyde Warren Park
The Dallas Poetry Slam
Big Thought
Dallas City of Learning
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What is Rail Writers?
Now, Rail Writers has completed three years of unique, engaging summer programming for youth in the underserved communities of Dallas. Individuals from underserved communities throughout the city travel via the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to unique neighborhoods, museums, and other iconic locations. Using prompts that tie writers to these specific sites and their experiences at them, participants are guided through creating original poems and essays, which they then share in “impromptu” performances at various locations along the rails.
In 2018, Rail Writers has embarked on 20 rides with more than 200 participants, visiting sites of cultural significance within the city, all within a 10-minute walk from a DART train station.
History
In 2017, Rail Writers began its partnership with Dallas Poetry Slam to expand its outreach to whole families, adult writers, veterans, and LGBTQ+ youth, partnering with a host of new organizations and venturing out to eye-opening new locations like the Latino Cultural Center, Dallas Museum of Art, Dealey Plaza, the Nasher Sculpture Center, and more.
In 2018, Rail Writers has grown bigger than ever before. With twelve instructors and eleven partner venues on board, we’ve taken more than two hundred underserved youth out on twenty rides, venturing into new neighborhoods and making new discoveries. We’ve also created new opportunities for adult writers to connect with the rich history of Dallas through the premiere of our historical tour by train, Deep Ellum Blues.

- Central Market
- Dallas Love Field Airport
- The Dallas Museum of Art
- Dealey Plaza
- Deep Vellum Books
- Drugstore Cowboy
- Fair Park
- Klyde Warren Park
- The Latino Cultural Center
- The Nasher Sculpture Center
- The Sixth Floor Museum
- The South Dallas Cultural Center
- The Texas Hall of State
- The Wild Detectives
If you would like your business or organization to partner with Rail Writers as a destination or reading venue, email Michael Clay at michael@writersgarret.org.
Rail Writers 2016 and 2017:
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Your generosity gives Rail Writers the power to travel farther than ever before. Empower us to make this unique program even better.
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