The Power of Words: A Transformative Language Arts Reader

This ground breaking book on the spoken, written and sung word for personal and social transformation emcompasses writing, storytelling, songs, drama, performance and other forms of the language arts as collective or personal tools for liberation. Whether through community storytelling for elders, individual journaling for self-discovery, or interdisciplinary drama for underserved youth, transformative language artists create greater opportunities for people to be heard, witnessed, and to become agents of change in their lives and communities.

CARYN MIRRIAM-GOLDBERG is the poet laureate of Kansas; the author of the novel "The Divorce Girl", the memoir "The Sky Begins at Your Feet: A Memoir on Cancer, Community, Coming Home to the Body", and four collections of poetry; and the editor of numerous anthologies. On the faculty of Goddard College (she founded its Transformative Language Arts master s program in social and personal transformation through the written, spoken, and sung word) Mirriam-Goldberg also leads community writing workshops. She makes her home with her family near Lawrence, Kansas. For more information, visit www.CarynMirriamGoldberg.com.