“You can’t be as critical as I am about a city unless you love it first.”

This week, we speak with one of Columbus' cultural icons and fiercest critics, Scott Woods. Scott is an Emmy-winning writer, poet and librarian. He writes regularly for LEVEL and has a weekly column for Columbus Alive called "The Other Columbus."

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Scott's books include "Prince and Little Weird Black Boy Gods" (2018, Brick Cave Books), "Urban Contemporary History Month" (2016, Brick Cave Books) and "We Over Here Now" (2013, Brick Cave Books). He has been featured multiple times in national press, including multiple appearances on National Public Radio. He was the President of Poetry Slam Inc. and pre-Covid, emceed the Writers' Block Poetry Night, an open mic series in Columbus. 

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In June 2019, Scott opened Streetlight Guild, an arts venue in Olde Towne East, after enormous response to his Holler: 31 Days of Black Columbus Art events series, and in pursuit of an answer to the question of what Columbus culture is.

Website: scottwoodswrites.net 

IG: @scottwoodsrules  

Twitter: @scottwoodssays 

Facebook: @scott.woods.587 

Streetlight Guild: streetlightguild.org 

Columbus Alive Column  - The Other Columbus