Spoken Word
Abby Duran is a Charleston Free Verse poet and the author of Between Words and A Soul’s Tree Speaks. She was selected to represent The Lowcountry at the 2025 Soda City Poetry Festival & Morris Heritage Center Story Fest. She’s featured in Mental Health America of South Carolina, and named Charleston Scene’s 2024 Most Influential Women in the Arts.
Her 2026 project, A Mountain of Crumbled Candor, allowed her community to “collectively exhale”; highlighting oral documentation in artistic spaces. This installation is in funding contention and set to be published mid-2027.
Between Words is an autobiography in poetic form. From uncovering ancestral roots to claiming her identity, Duran paints photographs derived from words. In between her internal quest she recounts her romantic efforts, adoration for global travel, and empowerment. This is her first book.
Between Words is an autobiography in poetic form. From uncovering ancestral roots to claiming her identity, Duran paints photographs derived from words. In between her internal quest she recounts her romantic efforts, adoration for global travel, and empowerment. This is her first book.
Between Words
In her second poetry collection, Abby Duran weaves the tapestry between generations and geographies and the emotional weight we carry. Composed of two mini collections-Heal from Hate and Common Thread-alongside commissioned works, this body of work serves as a transformation tool, turning anger into art. Through lyrical reflection and bold vulnerability, Duran offers a space for collective healing and reclamation.
A Soul’s Tree Speaks
In her second poetry collection, Abby Duran weaves the tapestry between generations and geographies and the emotional weight we carry. Composed of two mini collections-Heal from Hate and Common Thread-alongside commissioned works, this body of work serves as a transformation tool, turning anger into art. Through lyrical reflection and bold vulnerability, Duran offers a space for collective healing and reclamation.
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