In addition to reading stories from the celebrated Boneville graphic novel series this summer, members of the Boneville Mighty Book Club (ages eight through ten) have been creating graphic novel-like stories of their own… under the guiding leadership of instructor Liz Willis.
Check it out!
The Barrio la Planta Project, where Mighty Writer workshop leader Jaime Hunter is working this summer, is named after the La Planta community in the Nicaraguan beach town of San Juan del Sur, where 3000 people reside. A year ago, the Barrio la Planta Project became a non-profit, providing free English education, as well as art classes and recreational activities to the needy community.
Jaime reports her group is about halfway through their summer workshop and is looking forward to their final presentation August 1. The group has invited Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega to the celebration and hold high hopes that he’ll accept.
Jaime will be back in Philadelphia by summer’s end, and will be leading—along with colleague Sheena Strawter-Anthony—another round of our famously popular “Girl Power Poetry!” workshop.
Keep checking this space for fall workshop schedules and updates.
Snapped following a Mighty Writers book club session.
Check out our first Mighty post (congrats, Kahlaa!) on The Philly Post, Philly Mag’s daily blog (here).
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We recently completed our “Heads and Tales” workshop, where MW kids use ribbon, buttons, magazines and other collage elements to create portraits of themselves.
Linda Garfield, local printmaker and mixed media artist extraordinaire, was the Mighty mixmaster who made it all happen.
Check out our cool self-portraits!
“… in the streaming video era, with the publishing industry under relentless threat, the trailer is fast becoming an essential component of online marketing. Asked to draw on often nonexistent acting skills, authors are holding forth for anything from 30 seconds to 6 minutes, frequently to the tune of stock guitar strumming, soulful violin or klezmer music. And now, those who once worried about no one reading their books can worry about no one watching their trailers…”
The NYT says author Mary Karr‘s book trailer showcases her “languid wit and reluctant half-smiles”… and is “actually pretty good.”
Karr disagrees. “It is, in a word, humiliating,” she says.
New York Times
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold
story inside you.”
