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Check out our "Get Involved" page for facilitator training information. Also, here are some resources that we found helpful:
Books for Teachers:
Object Lesson: a Guide to Writing Poetry (a companion to Object Lesson, a book of poetry exploring human trafficking) by Jennifer Jean
Words Without Walls: Writers on Addiction, Violence and Incarceration - edited by Sheryl St. Germain and Sarah Shotland
Writing Prompts:
The Time Is Now -- a project of Poets & Writers Magazine -- offers a weekly writing prompt (a poetry prompt on Tuesdays, a fiction prompt on Wednesdays, and a creative nonfiction prompt on Thursdays) to help you stay committed to your writing practice throughout the year.
Books for Students:
-Before using these books we recommend that you check them out first to make sure they're suitable for the group you're working with.
The Daily Poet - edited by Kelli Russel Agadon and Martha Silano ((NOTE: In 2014, Two Sylvia's Press donated twelve Daily Poet books for use by Free2Write participants at The Place of Promise.))
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Free2Write founder with Terri Lawrence-Durant
– a Dir. of The Promise House
– a Dir. of The Promise House
The Crafty Poet: a Portable Workshop - edited by Diane Lockward
The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Poetry - edited by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux
Articles:
-Writing Trauma: Notes on Transcendence, part 1 - Though the Free2Write participants do not necessarily write about their trauma experiences, facilitators understand that writing about trauma can be incredibly healing--something writer Tracy Strauss emphasizes in this article; here is an excerpt: "In writing about trauma, writers create a healing relationship with readers. Words serve as the rungs of a ladder to recovery, leading us up and out of a dark and scary place to a potent arena of veracity, validation, grief, comfort, love, growth, and even, perhaps, from time to time, the levity of humor. Writers provide perspective. They give themselves, and readers, the power to become unstuck from collective pain, to climb out of despair, one step, one word, at a time."
-Writing Trauma: Notes on Transcendence, part 2 - by Tracy Strauss.
-What is "Narrative Medicine"? - Free2Write can be incorporated into an intentional expressive-therapy program; some would call this "narrative medicine" which you can read more about in this article by poet and educator Nadia Colburn; here is an excerpt: "While there is no neat formulation, at the heart of narrative medicine is the recognition that every single person’s life is full, rich, complicated and full of meaning. And that to tell and to listen to stories is to make sense of that meaning. As we give shape, order, respect, and openness to our stories, healing and transformation occurs."
-Amazing Grace: Art for Goodness Sake - by Free2Write founder Jennifer Jean on the famous spiritual, and written originally for the Amirah blog; here's an excerpt: "Can art change people? Can art evolve minds, transform culture, uproot damaging paradigms? Can art affect even the insidious and pervasive modern day slave trade? My answer—yes."
The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Poetry - edited by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux
Articles:
-Writing Trauma: Notes on Transcendence, part 1 - Though the Free2Write participants do not necessarily write about their trauma experiences, facilitators understand that writing about trauma can be incredibly healing--something writer Tracy Strauss emphasizes in this article; here is an excerpt: "In writing about trauma, writers create a healing relationship with readers. Words serve as the rungs of a ladder to recovery, leading us up and out of a dark and scary place to a potent arena of veracity, validation, grief, comfort, love, growth, and even, perhaps, from time to time, the levity of humor. Writers provide perspective. They give themselves, and readers, the power to become unstuck from collective pain, to climb out of despair, one step, one word, at a time."
-Writing Trauma: Notes on Transcendence, part 2 - by Tracy Strauss.
-What is "Narrative Medicine"? - Free2Write can be incorporated into an intentional expressive-therapy program; some would call this "narrative medicine" which you can read more about in this article by poet and educator Nadia Colburn; here is an excerpt: "While there is no neat formulation, at the heart of narrative medicine is the recognition that every single person’s life is full, rich, complicated and full of meaning. And that to tell and to listen to stories is to make sense of that meaning. As we give shape, order, respect, and openness to our stories, healing and transformation occurs."
-Amazing Grace: Art for Goodness Sake - by Free2Write founder Jennifer Jean on the famous spiritual, and written originally for the Amirah blog; here's an excerpt: "Can art change people? Can art evolve minds, transform culture, uproot damaging paradigms? Can art affect even the insidious and pervasive modern day slave trade? My answer—yes."
