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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

December 23, 2013June 19, 2018

My first residency.

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When I Spoke In Tongues will be released on November 13, 2018

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Beacon Press

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Seven years ago today I started working with @tntp as a communications manager. I had just finished the University of Houston’s creative nonfiction MFA, and while I had always intended to go back to non-profit work after graduate school, I wasn’t sure I was making the right choice. Most of my writer friends either pursued jobs in academia or cobbled together various gigs in order to make space for writing. Neither of those options seemed quite right to me, but I was still worried. Maybe I would get so caught up in my job that I’d never write again. Little did I know that my community at @tntp would become one of the biggest supporters of my writing. @ellenita5 and @dinahasiotis, my first managers, constantly supported me in making space for creative work. My colleagues celebrated successes with me and never let me compartmentalize my work life and writing life. And my fellow writers @mskatemcg and @cfarnold modeled a way to be all in at work while also devoting themselves to their books. I always thought I would work for @tntp for a few years and then move on, but then I met @kenya.bradshaw in the summer of 2013. Her passion for authentic engagement lit a fire under me, and for the past three years I have had the incredible privilege of helping her realize her dream for a community engagement department that helps schools and districts work in true partnership with kids and families. This journey has been so unexpected and so rewarding. Thanks @tntp.
@thealimwriter at @barnesandnoble river oaks!!
Thanks Farmer Roy! @plantitforward
Happy US publication day to @thealimwriter!! I am devouring this book and I’m so excited to be in conversation with Thea this Friday night, 7/13, at 7 pm at @brazosbookstore. If you’re in Houston I hope you can join us!
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