A Collection of Words from the Roundtable is an anthology of 39 short stories from ten authors. This collection includes various takes on life, memoirs, happy times, sad times, along with some fun. Members of a seniors writing group, they share their experiences of life that literally cover a collective span of almost seven hundred years! From a mothers warm embrace to witnessing German planes attack Belgrade on Easter Sunday 1941 - from a tense armed guardhouse showdown with a military prisoner to remembering goofy friends from third grade - from enjoying the fertile imagination of a little girl to a tragic Christmas Eve fire - from the joys of spirituality and distilled spirits to a good book and the love of the sea, this anthology has something for everyone to enjoy. They just might bring a smile to your lips, or a tear to your eye, the stories within evoke unique perspectives and experiences that just might conjure up similar memories for the reader.
An eclectic variety of stories, articles, travelogues, commentary, life stories and poetry by 25 talented writers. This is the fifth book by The Writers¿ Discussion Group of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Welcome travelers Within these walls a group of dynamic writers share their stories and challenge notions of the norm, of the conventional and of the ordinary. Here lies pathos, murder, romance, horror, eroticism, humor and adventure-even political satire, sexual abuse, travels to foreign lands, compassion, love affairs and ghosts-the entire scope of human experience and emotion. Come join us on a mental journey through the recesses of the metaphorical WITHIN THESE WALLS
Inkplots is a writers group with ten diverse and distinctive voices. Like all writers who have ever put words on a page, we have opened our souls for your inspection. This book is a product of nearly a year's worth of writing, rewriting, and compiling.
The writers group known as The Central New York Writers Cafe is comprised of programmers, professors, homemakers, photographers, attorneys, students, artists, optometrists, realtors, retirees, and retailers. They are neighbors you might meet at the grocery store, a Chinese takeout, or at a school board meeting. Every Thursday night they gather at a central cafe to discuss writing, critique their work, and help one another along the personal journey of refining their craft. Short Order is a compilation of their best short stories--fiction and non-fiction, poetry, flash fiction, and tweets. It's a pretty tall order of talent, invention, and clever wordsmithing--a buffet of many genres, styles, and points of view. Short Order is the perfect companion for a quick lunch, waiting in line, an alternative to bad TV, or before turning out the light. Taken in bits and pieces or cover to cover, it's a marvelous example of forging the power of inspiration and the imaginative process into the written word.
THE STORY I WANT TO TELL pairs the work of 20 aspiring young writers—including immigrants from war-ravaged countries—with original stories, essays, and poems from Richard Blanco, Richard Russo, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dave Eggers, Lily King, Jonathan Lethem, Bill Roorbach, Monica Wood, and other top writers in a call-and-response anthology.The book's supplemental materials make it a perfect tool for writers' groups and writing teachers.
A library is a portal. Open a book and peek into another world. The View from Crescent Boulevard offers you a mini-library in itself. Compiled from the works of The Pennsauken Library Writers Guild, this anthology empowers you to explore the many views of our community and the world bound within the hearts and minds of the Guild's young people. Come, dive into the struggles of an urban poet fighting the current of common culture; reach out with a teenage girl toward her glimpses of life's beauty and meaning; ride the roller coaster of the joys, sorrows, and images of young love; soar on the wings of imagination to worlds of fantasy and fairytale; and behold with the eyes of faith the work of God in human lives. Don't just observe The View from Crescent Boulevard... Explore it with us!
A collection of work from The Writers Workshop at www.theundeniables.org. We write. Everyday. We craft our work to become undeniable. Those qualified undeniable, via harsh critique sessions, are published. This is the cumulative result of seven sessions: the best selections of one year of writing, everyday. Ten authors, ranging from university professor to world traveler to factory worker. All searching for the capital A (Art) of literature.
If you put a group of talented writers together and ask them to produce an anthology, what do you get? ALL SORTS! And this latest collection of stories and poetry is just that. A mixed bag of delights for readers to dip into and enjoy. The members of the Joined-Up-Writers group have built upon the success of their first anthology, ACORNS with this new and exciting collection. From little acorns the mighty oaks of literature grow and these stories and poems are evidence that the first green shoots are now appearing. With individual achievements in various writing competitions, and one successful first novel published, readers can be assured of a thoroughly entertaining and diverse selection of writing from the eight members of the group. Just take your pick from the tempting titbits on offer in this second anthology - 'It Takes All Sorts'.
An eclectic collection of stories, adventures, remberances, philosophy, advice and poetry by twenty nine members and former members of the Writer's Discussion Group of the Seymour Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
A simpler, more peaceful time in a rural community?-not in this family. Grandma Lottie is visiting her son's family for the holidays. This is a family in crisis, facing painful issues and quickly splitting apart. The holidays may not be thankful or merry. Is it Lottie's intuition or an accident that she arrives just in time? It takes her wisdom and sensitivity to hold her family together. The characters come alive as they share their individual secrets and aspirations: Some painful, some whimsical, some artistic, some celebrating the travails of youth and some celebrating the wisdom and experience that only comes with age. Everyone Has A Secret will touch your heart as you identify with a family facing the pains, the joys, the challenges of life. Even Lottie shares a secret she thought forever lost in World War II. Share the family's secrets, celebrate the love of a family and cheer for your own Grandma Lottie.
The year 2020 signaled a worldwide shift that isolated so many of us from loved ones, friends, and the very society we took for granted so many times before. Never before had a single event tested us with such relentless determination. But no matter how much we quarantined from one another, nothing could separate our pens from the paper. Hours became days, days became weeks, and the world went on without us as we buried our pens in the ink and painted a picture of life under the shadow of COVID-19. And thus, this volume of COVID-inspired tales was born from the depths of viral outbreaks, political turmoil, and an uncertain future. Six Feet Apart is The Writers Group's sixth installment in a dynasty that surpasses five years of dedication and thousands of hours of training, collaboration, and, of course, writing. Dive into personal accounts of COVID isolation, fictional stories for the curious or the wary, and plenty of poetry for the quiet souls among us. No single genre defines The Writers Group, and, just like the virus itself, we're not leaving anytime soon. Contributions in the anthology were submitted by: A Letter Home for Dad by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy A New Baby Well, Come By Lin Bincle The Blue Tulip by Don Truex The Brotherhood Of Baseball by Ben Dicola The Caribbean and COVID-19 by Joanne K. Dowdy Caught Between Trains by James Valentino Celebrate Life by Lin Bincle The Charming Puzzle by Calypso Death Inc. and the Unanticipated Adventures of Winifred Fox by Benjamin Bisbee Deathbed by Lin Bincle Giving Voice by Ken Rogers Gotta Be A Lie! by Louise Francis Hester's Book by Nancy Rudisill Kringelein Account by James Valentino My Chocolate Lover by Louise Francis Nine Kings by Kora Sadler One Week by Steven Pryce The Origins of Titanium Squirrel by Brett A. Tipton Pandemic Sits at the Table by Jodie West Peepers by Diane L. Johnson Planet Of The What! by Mindy Altrid Remembering Life After Death by Alison McBain Shutter by Russell Henley The Spider Tree by Carol P. Vaccariello Springbreak Independence by Lin Bincle The Teacher's Lesson by Russell Henley Unintended Gifts by Hollie Petit The Yellow Rose By Don Truex 2020 Covid by Lin Bincle
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students’ lives, new journal entries, and an introduction by Erin Gruwell Now a public television documentary, Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart In 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California, named Erin Gruwell confronted a room of “unteachable, at-risk” students. She had intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust. She was met by uncomprehending looks—none of her students had heard of one of the defining moments of the twentieth century. So she rebooted her entire curriculum, using treasured books such as Anne Frank’s diary as her guide to combat intolerance and misunderstanding. Her students began recording their thoughts and feelings in their own diaries, eventually dubbing themselves the “Freedom Writers.” Consisting of powerful entries from the students’ diaries and narrative text by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary is an unforgettable story of how hard work, courage, and determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students. In the two decades since its original publication, the book has sold more than one million copies and inspired a major motion picture Freedom Writers. And now, with this twentieth-anniversary edition, readers are brought up to date on the lives of the Freedom Writers, as they blend indispensable takes on social issues with uplifting stories of attending college—and watch their own children follow in their footsteps. The Freedom Writers Diary remains a vital read for anyone who believes in second chances.
After its start in 1910, The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races magazine became the major outlet for works by African American writers and intellectuals. In 1920, Langston Hughes's poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" was published in The Crisis and W. E. B. Du Bois, the magazine's editor, wrote about the coming "renaissance of American Negro literature," beginning what is now known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Crisis Reader is a collection of poems, short stories, plays, and essays from this great literary period and includes, in addition to four previously unpublished poems by James Weldon Johnson, work by Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Jessie Fauset, Charles Chesnutt, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Alain Locke.
In February of 2008, some of us decided we wanted a writing group. Our plan was to encourage each other to write the important things of our life or just to share our stories and our musings. We have been doing this monthly since that time. The offerings in this book do not include everyone in our group or all of the writing that has gone on around laughter and joy and a few tears; but we offer a little glimpse into the joy we have been for each other to be encouraged and to be heard.
Our Literary Lapses is a compelling collection of stories and poems written by seventeen authors, all members of the Mariposa Writers' Group, based in Orillia, Ontario. With incredible skill they have woven tales of fantasy and fact and as we turn the pages we find ourselves transported from a hospital delivery room to dancing at a community hall to surviving in the wilderness, and much, much more! The authors have an amazing range of interests and abilities as they paint word pictures and breathe life into their work. At times we know we are in Canada, while often we realize we have left this safe haven and are exploring unknown paths and places. We revisit the past, poke fun at the present, and open the door to the future. As we read we learn more about ourselves, our daily lives, our fears, our failures and our dreams. Our Literary Lapses may bring tears to our eyes or laughter to our lips, but we can be certain it will always bring the urge to turn the page and begin the next unusual, exciting, romantic, or daring adventure.
Now in paperback, today's most celebrated writers explore literature and the literary life in an inspirational collection of original essays. By turns poignant, hilarious, and practical, Writers on Writing brings together more than forty of contemporary literature's finest voices. Pieces range from reflections on the daily craft of writing to the intersection of art's and life's consequential moments. Authors discuss what impels them to write: creating a sense of control in a turbulent universe; bearing witness to events that would otherwise be lost in history or within the writer's soul; recapturing a fragment of time. Others praise mentors and lessons, whether from the classroom, daily circumstances, or the pages of a favorite writer. For anyone interested in the art and rewards of writing, Writers on Writing offers an uncommon and revealing view of a writer's world. Contributors include Russell Banks, Saul Bellow, E. L. Doctorow, Richard Ford, Kent Haruf, Carl Hiaasen, Alice Hoffman, Jamaica Kincaid, Barbara Kingsolver, Sue Miller, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Proulx, Carol Shields, Jane Smiley, Susan Sontag, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Alice Walker, and Elie Wiesel.
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