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Street Spirit is an independent newspaper in the East Bay dedicated to covering homelessness and poverty from the perspective of those most impacted. Est 1995. A publication of Youth Spirit Artworks.

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Tiara Swearington

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Tiara Swearington is an unhoused writer and poet who lives in Oakland.

Why I don’t go home for the holidays

December 9, 2021
First-person   Opinion
Reflections on the holiday season by an unhoused writer whose family lives close by

My mind, the haunted house

October 5, 2021
Features
Living with mental illness can feel like living in a haunted house all the time.

Optimism is real…isn’t it?

August 9, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"My soul refuses to die even with a heart full of pain and eyes full of cries in the words of Maya Angelou, 'still I rise.'"

Apology to Jada’Marie

May 5, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
Mommy’s sorry I can’t be perfect I’m trying.Whenever I’m weak, I think Jada’Marie is worth it. It may not seem

At seven

April 7, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
A poem by Tiara Swearington.

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Street Spirit Newspaper
1740 Alcatraz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703