"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

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Daily Prompt Love <3 The Fool

4 June 2019

Make art about the jester, a public fool. 

jester

Image by skeeze from Pixabay

Daily Prompt Love <3 Underground

3 June 2019 

Make art about the underground, about what’s underground, about being underground, about underground action, societies, or resistance.

underground

Daily Prompt Love <3 Pulling the Strings

2 June 2019

Make art about puppets, and who’s pulling the strings. 

puppets

Daily Prompt Love <3 Making That Choice

30 May 2019 

Make art about choosing Love over hate. 

love and hate

Image by Miguel Santiago from Pixabay

Daily Prompt Love <3 Sacrifice

27 May 2019 

Make art about sacrifice. 

sacrifice

Image by Filip Dukanic from Pixabay

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Rebels

24 May 2019 

Make art about being a rebel, about rebellion. 

rebellion

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Tear Em Down

22 May 2019 

Make art about tearing down walls. 

walls

Daily Prompt Love <3 No

19 May 2019 

Make art about saying No. 

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Monday Must Read! Undoing the Silence

LOVE this book. 

Undoing the Silence offers guidance to help both citizens and professionals influence democratic process through letters, articles, reports and public testimony.
Undoing the Silence
Louise Dunlap, PhD, began her career as an activist writing instructor during the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s. She learned that listening and gaining a feel for audience are just as important to social transformation as the outspoken words of student leaders atop police cars. “Free speech is a first step, but real communication matches speech with listening and understanding. That is when thinking shifts and change happens.” Dunlap felt compelled to go where the silences were deepest because her work aimed not just at teaching but also at healing both individual voices and an ailing collective voice. Her tales of those adventures and what she knows about the culture of silence — how gender, race, education, class, and family work to quiet dissent — are interwoven with practical methods for people to put their most challenging ideas into words. Louise Dunlap gives writing workshops around the country for universities and social justice, environmental, and peace organizations that help reluctant writers get past their internal censors to find their powerful voice. Her insight strengthens strategic thinking and her “You can do it!” approach makes social-action writing achievable for everyone.

Daily Prompt Love <3 That Fire

20 May 2019 

Make art about walking through fire, about surviving the fire. 

surviving fire

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