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Episodes
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Dr. Sarah Jefferis is an author, editor, writing coach, and speaker. Through her business, Write. Now., Dr. Jefferis serves as a 1:1 writing coach for creatives/educators/activists/athletes/faith leaders who need assistance at any stage of their creative project and across multiple disciplines and genres. She designs writing workshops to explore issues of equity and inclusion, as well as generative workshops in poetry and non-fiction. Additionally, she offers poetry readings, presentations on diversity, and interactive dialogues on using writing as a healing modality for sexual assault survivors. Jefferis holds an MA in Creative Writing and Literature from Hollins University, an MFA in Poetry from Cornell University, and a PhD in Creative Writing from SUNY Binghamton. She has over twenty years of teaching writing and literature at Cornell University.
Her most recent poetry collection, What Enters the Mouth, was published in February 2017 by Standing Stone Books. It was praised by Ansel Elkins, author of Blue Yodel, who wrote, “these are fearless poems—a reckoning of the violence of girlhood rendered with grit and clarity.” Forgetting the Salt, her first book of poetry was published by Foothills Press in 2008. Her poems and nonfiction and fiction have appeared in The North American Review, The Cimarron Review, Rhino, The Mississippi Review, The American Literary Review, Stone Canoe, Icon, The Hollins Critic, The Patterson Review, The Healing Muse, and other journals. She has been both a poetry and fiction fellow at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers in California and held residencies in poetry and creative nonfiction at the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts in New York and at The Studios at Mass MOCA. She has completed her first novel, entitled Franny and John, as well as her third collection of poetry, After Marriage. She is working on a collection of essays about the challenge of solo motherhood in a pandemic. She has recently become a certified Yoga teacher through Mighty Yoga in Ithaca, NY. Her most important calling is to raise two powerful feminist girls who love themselves and who are willing to speak out against injustice.
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Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
The lovely Aldara Thomas joins us in the Haven in today's episode! Her book, Butterflies that Never Die is out now if you're interested in a good fantasy read. The book is the first of her trilogy - which she also gives us great sneak-peek information on. Please be sure to check her out and show some support!
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Twitter: @aldara_thomas4
IG: https://www.instagram.com/aldarathomas_writes/
Website: https://www.aldarathomas.com/
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Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
The young and envisioned MarQes Diallo is the youngest guest to join us in the Haven today! This young man is definitely going places - he's a best selling author and inspirational speaker at age 13!
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Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Author and Veteran S.D. Moore joins us in the haven for a very real talk about life, adversity and the resilience to press on. The award-winning author shared information on her latest projects and offered great advice on launching a successful writing career. Ms. Moore is a recent recipient of the Hip Hop Film Festival Official Selection for 2021.
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Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
Author and Therapist Aaisha VanBuren-Owens joins us in the haven today to discuss her children's book, The Night that Everything Changed. We discuss sensitive topics of child abuse and family trauma in this episode. Her book is available on Amazon.
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Instagram: @lifestrials7
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Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Another great conversation with another great guest! Author and teacher C.M. Healy joins us in the Haven, giving great tips on building your writer platform for success and shares his story on becoming a successful author of children's books.
Connect with Chad
email: authorcmhealy@gmail.com
site: www.authorcmhealy.com
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Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
We welcome new author Lekya Slaughter in this week's episode, CEo and Founder of Speaking to the Heart of the Hurting. She has a lot to share with her personal ups and downs and discusses her plans to share her triumph with the world.
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https://www.facebook.com/SpeakingtotheHeartoftheHurting. http://speakingtotheheartofthehurting.com/
https://anchor.fm/lekya-slaughter
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Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Author and Freelance Editor Samantha Hanni joins us as today's guest! A lot of great information is shared on connecting with the right editor and knowing how to connect with people in an increasingly virtual literature world.
SAMANTHA HANNI is a freelance editor and writer. Since 2015, she has authored four books and edited and written more than one hundred articles and posts for clients in the mental health, Christian living, and lifestyle industries. Some of her work has appeared on the YouVersion Bible app, Devotional Diva, To Love Honor and Vacuum, Families
Alive, and the OCHEC Informer. Samantha has copyedited for The Odyssey Online and currently copyedits for a local publishing house. She has also taught creative writing and literature for homeschool highschoolers.
Samantha graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in
journalism and she and her husband Kurtis live in Oklahoma City with their dog,
Podrick. She enjoys reading, traveling (when not prohibited by a pandemic), and working with her husband on their fixer-upper home, along with discipling in the local church.
You can discover more of her work or query her for a project at mrshanni.com.
www.mrshanni.com
Twitter: @mrs_hanni
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Author Jeff Lupinacci joins us in our latest episode, discussion his adventures around the world and what it really means to be a person of influence.
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