Beyond a Book Review: Grief and Hope in All We Are Told Not to Touch
Why do we write? How do we navigate grief? What gives us hope?
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Beyond a Book Review: Once Upon a Time in Dovelion
Read Shawna's review of a novel with a built-in writing prompt for you to try.
Beyond a Book Review: Narrators and Compassion in Finding La Negrita
Shawna Ayoub highlights the technique of using multiple narrators to foster compassion in a story, and offers an exercise so you can practice doing the same.
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Show your Pride with these summer reads
In honor of Pride month, we encourage you to buy books by LGBTQIA authors from LGBTQIA-owned independent bookstores, starting with these five selections in various genres.
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Beyond a Book Review: Research as connection in Through the Banks of the Red Cedar
Shawna Ayoub moves "beyond the book review" in not only recommending great books by diverse writers, but highlighting a technique to apply to your own writing.
Book recommendation: A Friend Sails in on a Poem
The clear takeaway, the living arc of this book, is how a love of poetry and a commitment to a writing life, or any artistic life, can bind two people to one another.
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Beyond a Book Review: Intuition in River Woman, River Demon
Shawna Ayoub highlights the strength of character and intuition in Jennifer Givhan's new novel, and offers a writing exercise to help us achieve a similar effect in our own work.
Beyond a Book Review: Unwieldy Creatures and retelling our stories
Shawna Ayoub explores a retelling of a beloved classic and points out how retellings can provide structure and an end point from the start of writing.
5 book recs for seekers of social change and joy
Activism and joy do not have to be mutually exclusive. Here are five book recommendations for those pursuing both change and joy.
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5 book recs for your summer reading
It’s almost time to unroll the beach towel, hang the hammock, or dust off the porch swing and curl up with a good book. Here are five recommendations in five categories.