The Power of Words: A Transformative Language Arts Reader

by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg (Editor), Janet Tallman

This ground breaking book on the written, spoken and sung word for individual and social transformation emcompasses writing, storytelling, songs, drama, performance as a personal and collective tool for liberation. Whether through community storytelling for elders, individual journaling for self-discovery, or interdisciplinary theater 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.

492 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 2007

About the author

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg is the Poet Laureate of Kansas, and the author or editor of 24 books, including her new book How Time Moves: New and Selected Poems (Meadowlark Press). Some of her other books include Chasing Weather (Ice Cube Press); the novels Miriam's Well (Ice Cube Press) and The Divorce Girl (Ice Cube Press); non-fiction Needle in the Bone: How a Holocaust Survivor and Polish Resistance Fighter Beat the Odds and Found Each Other (University of Nebraska Press); memoirs Everyday Magic (Meadowlark Press), The Sky Begins At Your Feet: A Memoir on Cancer, Community & Coming Home to the Body (Ice Cube Press).

Founder of Transformative Language Arts –social and personal transformation through the written, spoken and sung word (TLANetwork.org), Mirriam-Goldberg leads writing workshops widely, and coaches and consults with people and groups on creativity. With singer Kelley Hunt, she co-writes songs, she offers Brave Voice retreats (BraveVoice.com), and with storyteller Laura Packer, Your Right Livelihood trainings for writers, artists, changemakers, and more (YourRightLivelihood.com).