Anya Achtenberg: “The Disobedient Writer”- A Writer Who Dares

https://thedisobedientwriter.com/about/ “If my house were burning down, I would grab artwork, my book, and the notebooks I wrote in Anya’s classes. If you’re looking for an average writing teacher or editor, go elsewhere. Anya resides in the upper stratosphere of creativity and, if you let her, will lift your writing …

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Brenda Bell Brown, filmaker: a writer who dares!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5bvYObqLFwuQVhJSkVSck1nNGs/view?usp=sharing Click on the link above to see a film by Brenda Bell Brown.   I am a writer an editor a social justice advocate, but I don’t have the answers.  But we all have stories.  And Writers Who Dare! are sharing theirs whether through the written word, spoken word, …

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Chris Stark, Writer Who Dares!

“Crazy” essay by Chris Stark:  How Dare We! Write, edited by Sherry Quan Lee Chris Stark’s memoir essay addresses how viewing as “crazy” the ideas, experiences, and foundations of writing outside of the whitemalenorm limits, silences, and marginalizes many writers of color. Stark discusses how her first novel, Nickels: A …

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Three Writers Who Dare! How Dare We! Write a multicultural creative writing discourse)

“Sagirah Shahid is a Minneapolis, Minnesota based poet. Known for her dynamic storytelling abilities, her writing often reflects upon her upbringing as an African American Muslim woman. She has received awards for her writing from the Jerome Foundation, the Loft Literary Center, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the National …

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