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In Our Own Words
SELECTIONS FROM
Living With Literature/Writing Our Stories
Sponsored by the
National Endowment for the Arts
With the Support of the Princeton Area Community Foundation
INTRODUCTION:
During the fall of 2006 we gathered to
read, discuss and write about short stories. We were a group that
became a community as we heard, analyzed, and then wrote our personal
responses to stories representing struggle and triumph, hopes and
dreams, celebration and lament.
We were eight men who are residents of the Rescue Mission of Trenton and three women from the surrounding suburbs. In the process we discovered the common threads that connect us all. We also discovered the power of literature to enrich and illuminate life. We are delighted to share these reflections.
Pat Andres, Facilitator / Executive Director
SELECTIONS
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selection one - written by jw
In response to “The Man Who Found You in the Woods,” by Catherine Ryan Hyde -
selection two - written by kg
In response to "The Day It Happened," by Rosario Morales -
selection three - written by gr
In response to “Chef’s House,” by Raymond Carver -
selection four - written by ah
In response to "The Day It Happened," by Rosario Morales -
selection Five - written by th
In response to "A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud," by Carson McCullers -
selection six - written by lh
In response to “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self," by Alice Walker -
selection seven - written by cp
In response to "Haircut," by Russell Marks -
selection eight - written by pa
In response to "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant -
selection nine - written by jw
In response to "Mountain Birthday," by Anne Lamott -
selection ten - written by ps
In response to “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self," by Alice Walker -
selection eleven - written by rs
In response to "The Day It Happened," by Rosario Morales
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