“It can be difficult to find a writer with a fresh voice that draws the reader in and inspires a genuine feeling of pleasure from the act of reading. In Andra Watkins’ second book, Not Without My Father: One Woman’s Walk of the 444-Mile Natchez Trace the reader will not be disappointed.” – The Huffington PostContinue Reading
As I’ve traveled through Tennessee and Louisiana, I’ve asked groups for a favor. In return for an energetic, entertaining talk, I give them a card.
A Make a Memory Card.
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When Rachel Dunaway invited me to spend an hour with her creative writing class at Nashville’s Donelson Christian Academy, I was ecstatic. I read her email while shuffling through Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, and I know I scared my fellow travelers.
I squealed.
It echoed through cavernous Concourse A.
People stared.Continue Reading