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Saja Bo Storm
Saja Bo Storm knew that there was something special about words early on when she read over a hundred books one summer. She enjoyed the adventures of the different people, relished...view moreSaja Bo Storm knew that there was something special about words early on when she read over a hundred books one summer. She enjoyed the adventures of the different people, relished in the entertainment of traveling to other places, and gained knowledge about other lifestyles and other people. Consequently, she spent a lot of her free time at the library. It was like a second home to her. Writing became her next love after reading. Her interest was piqued enough for her to begin writing poetry at an early age. She honed her skills as a writer when she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at Morgan State University. In 2010, the prestigious English department celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary. She later started an ambitious career as an English teacher at a Baltimore City High School for young men. While participating as a member of Baltimore city’s Grand Jury, she coauthored a thesis which investigated the current status of the city’s “war on drugs.” One of the highlights of her fact gathering was an interview the committee conducted with former Baltimore city mayor and Rhode scholar Kurt Schmoke. Later, she became a member of the Black Writers’ Guild of Maryland and volunteered at the Arena Playhouse and the Enoch Pratt Free Library. As a member of the Black Writers’ Guild, she was involved in pursuing information about the self-publication and marketing of books. At the Arena Playhouse, which in 2003 celebrated fifty years entertaining the citizens of Baltimore, she worked behind the scenes with several directors in various duties as dialogue coach, stage hand, dramaturge, script consultant, and pre-production assistant.. She worked on one of the first black productions of Cat on the Hot Tin Roof, as well as other productions such as Opal’s Husband, Arsenic and Old Lace, Having Our Say, Jar the Floor, and Interstices. She volunteered at the Enoch Pratt Free Library assisting the librarian with imaginative reading groups for school-age children. Last October, Saja became a member of the prestigious Baltimore Griot Circle of Storytellers. She joined the group because of a book she authored which documented the oral tradition of sharing and playing neighborhood games. She also always loved telling ghost stories at her baby sister’s sleepovers. The group tours around the state continuing the rich oral tradition of storytelling. She has appeared at the Towson Cultural Arts Festival, the Baltimore Book Fair, the Johns Hopkins University African-American Book Fair, Artscape (celebrating its thirtieth year this summer), and with various private book clubs—meeting and greeting book lovers around the city.view less