What do you do when certain books are banned?
Browsing through the past blog entries of Mercenary Writer’s Press, I found this AMAZING story of one high schooler’s act:
Is it OK to run an illegal library from my locker at school?–Yahoo! Answers
(Yes, it is 3 months old, but it’s still awe-inspiring)
Excerpt:
I go to a private school [...]
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Illegal Library: Is it OK?
Posted in Book Business & News, Causes, Life, books, tagged banned, book, courage, heroic, high school, illegal, library, private, student, yahoo on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Writing for a Cause
Posted in Causes, Life, Reflection, tagged article, Cause, Erika Dreifus, fundraise, new york writers coalition, nywc, response, step up, The Writer Magazine, write-a-thon, Writing on September 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have participated in a lot of fund-raising efforts these past years: I have walked. I have sold drinks, cookies, and other yum-yums. I even danced. But never have I wrote.
Oh sure, I’ve written letters, made fliers, and prepped for telephone calls. But an actual Write-A-Thon? Does such a thing exist?
Yes. It does.
Amidst a busy [...]
Help Hopeline
Posted in Causes, Life, tagged 1-800-SUICIDE, Cause, Donate, Help, Hope, Hopeline, Kristin Brooks Hope Center, Life, PostSecret, Prevent Suicide on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Speaking of beginnings, would you consider relief to be one?
I do.
Reading PostSecret, I try to imagine what people felt after mailing a small, burdening piece of their life. Did their hands shake when letting go? Or perhaps their eyes closed and breath deepened when the card dropped into a dark, dark space. Did they savor [...]
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