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MEMBER BLOG TAG: an unrehearsed desire

Saturday, October 3, 2009 8:39AM
 
We don't do that here
Tags: Lauren B. DAvis, jean vanier, people stories, operation fatherhood, l'arche, trenton, an unrehearsed desire
 
Last week I was down in Trenton with an organization called People & Stories, a reading and discussion program that (according to their mission statement) "creates unique access to literature. Adults and young adults who have had limited opportunities to experience the power of literature work in small groups led by a trained coordinator. Participants draw upon their own experiences to discuss complex short stories. As they examine the poetics, issues, and values the stories explore, people can discover ways to see things differently."

Now and then they ask me to join their classes and read one of my stories. The participants this time round...
 
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