The creators represented in A Secret Chord are a testament to the power of transforming pain into poetry, silence into song, sorrow into art, and isolation into community. These teens write searingly of this historical moment, some anonymously and some in their own names.As the executive director of The Pathfinder Network, Leticia Longoria-Navarro, reminds us, expression is power, and even the softest voice, uttering truth, can shake the world. These young people "are not ...

Early in this volume of poetry, essays, stories, and wisdom from the youth of The PATHfinder Club and POPS the Club, Tamira Shany advises readers that we have just two options: “Take pride and fail or endure and succeed.” As you dive into Advice for 9th Graders (designed to guide 9th graders as they navigate high school but equally inspiring for the rest of us), we begin to understand that these young people, whose lives have been impacted by incarceration and other systems, are s...

The young artists of The PATHfinder and POPS Clubs whose poetry, stories, and artwork are represented in Home and Away let readers in on their vulnerability and longing, their tenderness and understanding. They write of dreams of bright futures and of challenging pasts. With each piece, we are invited to dive more deeply into their truths.And in this powerful collection we learn that when youth feel safe, seen, nourished, and respected, they can fully express themselves. T...

Dream Catchers, the seventh volume created by members of POPS the Club, is an enlightening and inspiring collection of art, prose, and poetry by high-school students with a unique perspective: they have encountered the pain of the prison system--most have incarcerated loved ones, and some have themselves been in detention. By telling and sharing their stories, they not only start the process of healing but also illuminate a world many of us are unfamiliar with. In its article about ...

Suburban raised and Ivy League educated, Amy Friedman is an American writer living in Ontario, Canada. A minor celebrity, she writes a newspaper column about whatever pleases her--subjects as far flung as life on the sheep farm she shares with her lover; South African apartheid; good bourbon; flying a Cessna. Her life seems charmed. Then one day a local prison volunteer challenges her to write about the prisons that surround her adopted city. Prison is in her blood; her grandfather and her...

Kat Secaida, wearing white Converse sneakers, wanders through her hood, collecting "the stories of the Culver City projects." Julian Izaguirre recalls the drama at school that starts :when you don't want it to." The young artists and poets in Dear Friends, the eighth anthology from POPS the Club - a nonprofit serving youth impacted by the Pain of the Prison System - forged their work largely during the pandemic and in isolation. Though they were separated by screens from friends, ...

Anne Willan demystified classic French culinary technique for regular people who love food. Her legendary La Varenne Cooking School-in its original location in Paris and later in its longtime home in Burgundy-trained chefs, food writers and home cooks. Under Willan's cheerful, no-nonsense instruction, anyone could learn to truss a chicken, make a bernaise, or loft a soufflé.In One Soufflé at a Time, Willan tells her story and the story of the food-world greats-including Jul...

This is the complete Tell Me A Story collection, with dozens of magical folktales written by author Amy Friedman and read by stage and screen's most talented actors, with music by renowned composer Laura Hall will delight listeners from 5 to 95. From the banks of the mighty Mississippi to a sparkling stream in Kyoto, from the misty moors of Scotland to Africa's folktale forests, listeners will be transported as legendary heroes, mythical maidens and talented tricksters weave their magic. T...

With readings by some of stage and screen's most talented performers (including Bryce Dallas Howard, Paula Poundstone and Margot Rose), and music by renowned composer Laura Hall, these tales of Women of Wonder will delight listeners from 5 to 95. From England to Siberia and New Zealand, from the United States to Cambodia and East Africa, listeners will be transported as legendary heroines and goddesses seek and struggle, win and lose, laugh and cry, in magical stories and marvelous music f...

This wonderful program, with eight magical folktales read by stage and screen's most talented actors, and music by renowned composer Laura Hall will delight listeners from 5 to 95. The multicultural rhythms and tales of Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic reflect the spirit of these words offered in 1854 by Chief Seattle, "... if all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit..."

This wonderful CD with eight magical folktales read by stage and screen's most talented actors, and music by renowned composer Laura Hall will delight listeners from 5 to 95. From the banks of the mighty Mississippi to a sparkling stream in Kyoto, from the misty moors of Scotland to Africa's folktale forests, listeners will be transported as legendary heroes, mythical maidens and talented tricksters weave their magic. The compilation is funny, wise, and richly compelling.

**Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL" (Sunday Telegraph).Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a come...