About once a month, a group of teen moms at the Margaret Hudson Program gathered with their children in the school cafeteria for a story hour hosted by the Tulsa City-County Library’s Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program. Students with children in the toddler rooms were released from classes to attend. The girls were always delightedContinue reading “Reading and Young Children: It’s Fundamental!”
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Bathtub Reading
At home … or at the library Joey climbs into the white porcelain, claw-footed bathtub just inside the sunny window of his school library and sinks onto the puffy yellow and green pillows that line the bottom. “Here’s your book,” I say, as I hand him Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar and openContinue reading “Bathtub Reading”
Respect the Truth
I took part in a workshop called “How to Write a Nonfiction Book” last weekend, hosted by the San Gabriel Writers’ League, a writing group I belong to. Two other members and I were asked to share our writing journeys, including our failures and successes. Like many such judgements, we each define our own ideasContinue reading “Respect the Truth”
An Act of Love
I celebrated growth in reading ability with a group of twenty-seven first through fifth graders last week, along with a dozen other Literacy Partners. May marks the end of my fourth year of reading with youngsters who have struggled to read at grade level, and my third year of helping to coordinate the program atContinue reading “An Act of Love”
A Podcast Experience
I was interviewed for a podcast last week: How to Write a Book from A to Z, a product of the San Gabriel Writers’ League. The host is Lisa Greinert, a League member. So far, all the guests have been members as well, but it’s only a few months old and expected to expand. TheContinue reading “A Podcast Experience”
Ideal Reader
“I loved your book,” the email said, referring to my memoir, Mother of My Invention. “I would love to talk to you about mental health if you are free.” This message came a couple of weeks ago from a woman in my community I’d never met. She said she was a schizophrenia and suicide attemptContinue reading “Ideal Reader”
Literary Overload
I recently returned from the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) Conference in Kansas City, Missouri with a backpack full of flyers and a head full of the sights and sounds of thousands of creative writing educators, publishers, and literati in one place. The Kansas City Convention Center is huge, and it’s spread overContinue reading “Literary Overload”
Janice Airhart 