WAGazine April 2018 | Page 8

Featured artist

Personal statement in one word: Grenadian

Age: 21

Writing since: age 5

Writing form: Poetry, Prose, Poetic Prose

Writing style: "A Grenadian brand of dub"

Member of WAG since: 2015

Favourite aspects of the Association: Meeting fellow artists, discovering an avenue where he may be "able to pursue the pen seriously"

Goals as a writer: To publish an anthology or two, and to establish a National Youth Poetry Slam in Grenada to foster the literary arts

Occupation: Undergrad student, studying Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

Ry De Riggs

Photo courtesy of George Qua-Enoo.

Ry performs with the Hamilton youth Poets (HYP) group in Hamilton, Ontario. Explore their YouTube channel here.