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The People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos Newsletter

Newsletter articles available on the web:

Volume 6, Number 1 - Fall 2007

• NJ Youth Corps Students Shape Words and Lives, by Anndee Hochman

• Two Young Mean Learn to Read Stories & People

• Youth Corps Writers Respond to What They Read

• Youth Corps Writers Respond to What They Read

• Mothers and Sons, reflections by Alma Concepción

• Dances with Text, reflections by Lawrence McCarty

• Never Forgetting, reflections by Marcy Schwartz

• Embracing Paradox, reflections by Anndee Hochman

• Creating Theater that Awakens New Audiences, talking with Emily Mann

• Widening the People & Stories Circle of Leaders, by Patricia Andres

• On the Bookshelf, by Anndee Hochman

Volume 5, Number 2 - Spring 2007

• Readers Become Writers of Their Own Diverse Stories, by Anndee Hochman

• Writing Crosses Borders at Mission, by Patricia Andres

• Original Viewpoints from Project Home, by Lawrence McCarty

• An Invitation to Tell Our Own Stories, by Scott Feifer

• Writing the Path that Leads to Home, by Anndee Hochman

• Marking 15 Years in the Family of Gente y Cuentos, by Sarah Hirschman

• Board Treasurer is Also Artist & Author, talking with Russell Marks

• On the Bookshelf, by Patricia Andres

Volume 5, Number 1 - Fall 2006

• Crossing Borders Participants Learn from One Another, by Anndee Hochman

• Quixote Translator Lends Her Voice to P & S Fundraiser, by Patricia Andres

• Experts in Reality: Participants Live the Stories We Read, by Anndee Hochman

• Stories Carry News and Tradition at Covenant House, by Nava EtShalom

• Board Chair’s Work Feeds Mind & Soul, talking with Anne Seltzer

Volume 4, Number 2 - Spring 2006

• In Gente y Cuentos, NJ Inmates Learn from Each Other, by Anndee Hochman

• en español - Con Gente y Cuentos los presos aprenden unos de otros, por Anndee Hochman

• Program Creates an Ecosystem of Learning, Sharing, by Patricia Andres

• Stories Come Alive for Germantown Women in Recovery, by Anndee Hochman

• Listening to a Participant from People & Stories, interview with Ismael Vasquez

• Listening to a Participant from Gente y Cuentos, interview with Juana Torres

• Las Cruces, N.M. librarians Extend Programs' Reach, by Lenora Kandiner

• Literature is Not a Luxury; It Nourishes, talking with Sasa Olessi Montaño, by Anndee Hochman

• On the Bookshelf, by Chris Hill

Volume 4, Number 1 - Fall 2005

• Benefit Celebrates Bridge Between Language and Life, by Anndee Hochman

• Expanding the Circle of Belonging, by Patricia Andres

• Gente y Cuentos Flexes to Meet Readers' Needs, by Lenora Kandiner

• Listening to a Participant from Gente y Cuentos, interview with Carolina Morales

• Listening to a Participant from People & Stories, interview with John Conner

• Lancaster Youth Find Meaning in Hurston's "Sweat," by Anndee Hochman

• Inmates Respond to Shadows in Texts at French Prison, by Katia Salomon

• On the Bookshelf, by Scott Feifer

Volume 3, Number 2 - Spring 2005

• Growth in the Garden: The NEH Library Project--Reflections after two years, by Patricia Andres

• Gente y Cuentos Inspires Women of Latinas Unidas, by Alma Concepcíon

• en español -  Gente y Cuentos inspira a las mujeres de Latinas Unidas, por Alma Concepción

• Readers Discover Metaphors of Transformation, by Anndee Hochman

• Tough and Tender Readings Unfold at Summit Quest, by Scott Feifer

• Helping Inmates Revision the World Through Words, interview with Lynne Fagles, by Anndee Hochman

• On the Bookshelf, by Anndee Hochman

Volume 3, Number 1 - Fall 2004

• People & Stories Heads to Libraries Across the Nation--NEH grant funds project, by Lenora Kandiner

• en español - Gente y Cuentos rumbo a bibliotecas a través del país Proyecto con fondos donados por NEH, por Lenora Kandiner

• Range of Readers Touched by Stories, by Lenora Kandiner

• en español - Gama de lectores conmovidos por los cuentos, por Lenora Kandiner

• Dialogue Stretches to French Prison in "Gens et Récits," by Abderrahmane, André, Fahmy, Gérard, Habib, Jean-Paul, Jean-Pierre, Jean-Yves, Philippe, René, and Yves.  Translated from the French by Katia Salomon.

• Poetic Moments in Four Locations: "Never at a Loss for Words," by Margaret Van Kirk, "Sharing a Moment of 'Sanity,' " by Lesley Fredericks, "On Posturing and Prejudice," by Alma Concepción, and "Handing on Lessons of Love,"  by Scott Feifer

• Crossing Bridges in Both Languages, by Marcy Schwartz

• From Participant to Coordinator, Stories Save a Life, interview with Chris Hill, by Anndee Hochman

• On the Bookshelf, by Patricia Andres
  

Volume 2, Number 1 - Fall 2003

• African Story Hits Familiar Chord for these 'Survivors'

• Life Experience Yields Authenticity, by Patricia Andres

• Program Pushes Beyond Merely "Loving the Story," by Sarah Hirschman

• en español - El programa va mucho más allá de sólo "estar encantados con el cuento"
  por Sarah Hirschman   

• Stories Release Bound Emotions, by Lauren K. Erlichman

• Seeking Questions in Margins of Text, by Anndee Hochman

• Making the Library a Center for Newark Latino Community, 
  interview with Ingrid Betancourt

• en español - Haciendo de la biblioteca un centro para la comunidad latina de Newark,
  Entrevista a Ingrid Betancourt

• On the Bookshelf, by Anndee Hochman

Volume 1, Number 3 - Winter 2003

• Reader's Respond Wholeheartedly at Norris Square

• Using Short Stories to Bridge Boundaries, by Patricia Andres

• Poems Provide Contrasts, Insights, by Lawrence McCarty

• Program Reaches Wide Range of Sites

• Reading Without "Aiming So Much," by Anndee Hochman

• Artist Helps Groups Explore Moods, Textures of Texts, 
  interview with Nury Vicens

• On the Bookshelf, by Lesley Fredericks

Volume 1, Number 2 - Fall 2002

• Gente y Cuentos Bridges Borders of Age, Privilege

• en español - Gente y Cuentos cruza fronteras generacionales y de privilegio

• Pre-GED Students Deepen Reflection, by Patricia Andres

• Finding Release Through Reading, interview with Milton Whitlock

• "Girl" Offers Insight About Class, Power, by Anndee Hochman

• Stories Give Frame for Understanding

• People and Stories Touches Readers Coast to Coast

• On the Bookshelf, by Patricia Andres

Volume 1, Number 1  - Spring/Summer 2002

• en español - Gente y Cuentos cruza fronteras culturales  Entrevista con Alma Concepción 

Newsletter available upon request.  Email peoplepa@starlinx.com.

• Stories Stretch Horizons at Project H.O.M.E.

• Is Literature Only for the Privileged?

• People Connect with Literature, by Patricia Andres

• Speechless in the Face of Mourning, by Anndee Hochman

• Stories Open Doors for Prison Inmates, by Marcy Schwartz

• Gente y Cuentos Bridges Cultures, interview with Alma Concepción

• On the Bookshelf, by Sarah Hirschman