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I spent much of the weekend preparing for my long morning at The Baldwin School, where I will today be talking about, reading from, and building exercises on the shoulders of Wordsworth and Mary Oliver, Sei Shonagon, Rilke, Neruda, Sandra Cisneros, Marilyn Nelson, and Gerald Stern, among others. I never conduct the same workshop twice, don't give the same talk over again, and while my husband will be the first to remind me of how terribly inefficient all that is, I know no other way. No two students or group of students are the same. It matters, I think, that we actively lean in their direction.
The students pictured above were girls I met during my spring trip to Wisconsin for the unforgettable Fox Cities Book Festival. I was thinking about them earlier this morning, as I explored Figment.com, a new site designed to enable the young to "share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors." How cool, might I ask you, is this? I know dozens of young big-dreaming, risk-taking blogger/writers whose work should grace this site and whose insights could power it forward. You know who you all are.... and you know that I love you. Take a spin through Figment and let me know what you think.
And while you're at it, spend some time at Chasing Ray today, because Colleen Mondor has assembled a bang-up interview with one of my very favorite writers/people, Elizabeth Hand. I wouldn't know Liz if it weren't for Colleen. I wouldn't know a lot of things, were it not for Colleen. But listen to Liz talk, for example, about the beautiful big rawness of teens, the "thrilling and often perilous" process of self-discovery for young artists. I was cooing just this weekend about how happy the Johnny Depp-Patti Smith interview in Vanity Fair made me. Substance! I declared, I danced. Substance! I shout again today.
1 Comments on Of a Piece: The Teen Teach, Figment, Chasing Ray and Elizabeth Hand, last added: 12/6/2010
You are so cute. Have I told you that I like that sassy new hairdo you're sporting? I like the name of your new book; am hoping it finds the perfect home, soon. Dangerous Neighbors in three months! Woohoo! Loved hearing all your news, busy lady. Take care of yourself.
Sounds like you are wonderfully busy. I can't wait to read Good People. I'd love to meet you when you're in New York City. I won't be able to make it to the book bloggers convention but you should have a Beth Kephart fan club meet-up. hehe. :-)
Thanks so much for sharing all of this with us, Beth! It's wonderful to hear about your works and see you get the recognition you deserve. Feel better!
I walked the corridors of schools throughout Fox Cities wishing I'd written more books, wishing, especially, that I'd written the right books for young male readers. They were so eager, so embracing, in the schools I visited—the first to raise their hands, the first to offer to read their work aloud (which is not to suggest that the girls weren't just as eager, in their own ways; the girls were remarkable, too). One seventh grader ran behind me as I finished my morning here, to follow-up on a question he'd asked during the assembly. Another wrote his idea for a book onto a bookmark, and shared it with me, saying, "This is the story that must be written."
I've had two ideas for boy-protagonist young adult books, but I've not yet gotten them to work.
I came home determined to try even harder.
6 Comments on Writing for the guys, last added: 4/21/2010
It's so important to draw attention to reading, and attract reluctant readers to it, especially boys. In fact, I've recently completed a feature magazine article on this subject that came out in October, "Help for Struggling, Reluctant Readers."
I grew up as a reluctant reader, in spite of the fact that my father published over 70 books. Now I write action-adventures & mysteries, especially for tween boys, that avid boy readers and girls enjoy just as much.
My blog, Books for Boys http://booksandboys.blogspot.com is dedicated to drawing attention to the importance of reading. And my new book, Lost Island Smugglers - first in the Sam Cooper Adventure Series - is coming out in July-August. Contracts are also signed for Captain Jack's Treasure and River Rampage.
Max Elliot Anderson PS. My first 7 books are going to be republished by Comfort Publishing later in 2010
Oh Beth, I do hope you find a way to reach young boys with your wonderful words and stories. I see a huge gap for boys at the elementary school level.
For us, there was nothing that really captured my son's heart until he was a strong enough reader to embrace the Nate the Great series of mysteries. He's moved on from there, but those early years, learning to read, where were the books to draw him in??
Beth, you make a great point. My teen nephews could sure use some new reading material.
Your comment got me thinking about a book I just finished for young adults titled Her Mother's Diary by David Curry Kahn. It's suggested for young adult readers, but I found it equally engaging as an older adult (with inner teen tendencies!) As I finished it, I found myself thinking, "How could a man write from this young girl's perspective so well? I imagine I'll be saying the same thing (in reverse gender) about your next book for young men. :-) Best wishes. Kate
I'm Wisconsin bound, and those in the know are telling me that Wisconsin is the place to be. Wonderful people, I'm told. Well-read people. Nice people. I shall keep those goodnesses close to my heart as I travel to Little Chute Public Library, Roosevelt Middle School, Madison Middle School, West High School, Kaukauna Public Library, New London Middle School, Appleton Public Library, and East High School.
5 Comments on Wisconsin Bound/Fox Cities Book Festival, last added: 4/17/2010
Thank you so much for visiting the New London Middle School. My name is Nicole and i really appreciate you coming to visit. I love to read books and i look forward to reading Undercover. I love to write also. I was wondering if you have ever written a book about broadway or any performing books. Thank you again for visiting NL. We greatly appreciate it:)
I’ve lived my whole life that way—wanting, reaching, exuding, falling, reaching again, wanting more.I was an ice skater as a kid—the one skating fast, the one jumping big, the one who could not control her spins.I left ice skating for track and field—to my mother’s chagrin—and there I wasn’t happy with just the 100 yard dash or the hurdles.I had to compete in the 200, too, and also in long jump, and also in high jump, and also in the relays (not just one but two), and come fall, I signed up for cross-country.It’s not that I was great at all of these events, or even that great at one of them.It’s that I made commitments—wild and huge—to live, to hurt, to want, to try, to transform myself into more than I was.
1 Comments on Unbridled Passions (excerpt from an upcoming Wisconsin talk), last added: 3/28/2010
Stretching what it means to be human is a noble aim. I think it's admirable to push yourself into new avenues. I like this post very much. I think I'm going to print it and share it with my kids. There's a life lesson here. Thanks Beth!
Liz blew my mind with that interview - she is so so sooooo cool.
As to figment; man IF ONLY IT HAD BEEN THERE TWENTY YEARS AGO!!
Sigh. I would have loved it - and will certainly share it now with teen writers I know.