This month I’ve had the privilege of participating in a letter exchange with several incarcerated youth about reading and writing. These youth are members of Free Minds Book Club, a nonprofit based in Washington, DC, which organizes people “on the outside” to respond...
What genre are we living in? It occurred to me this week that I’m simultaneously living in two–science fiction outside my four walls and middle-grade fiction inside those four walls. Outside is an uncontrollable enemy threatening our very existence. Inside is a...
Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers I picked this book up at a used book sale, unable to explain my attraction to it. After finishing it, though, I felt like somehow my subconscious knew it would be highly impactful. Though nonfiction, the story has all the makings of a tense,...
Yesterday a friend took me to task. She claimed I made two contradictory statements within 10 minutes. On the one hand, I declared that I loved to write more than anything. On the other hand, I mentioned that on Sunday night I dreaded Monday because I would need to...
I am leaving on a red-eye tonight and my husband and son have mentioned numerous times that they’re going to miss me. As I get out of the car and hoist my bag onto the curb, I look back to see my son’s sad eyes through the back window, and then he forms a...
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