1/4: Join our 1-day campaign! Today only, take an image of yourself with the word #IMPRISONEDWRITER and share online, tagging PEN International, PEN MENA, and PEN International - Las Américas y el Caribe, and using the hashtag #ImprisonedWriter .

Today, PEN International launches the Day of the #ImprisonedWriter campaign – focusing on the cases of #MariaCristinaGarrido (Cuba), #GoSherabGyatso (China/Tibet), #IrynaDanylovych (Ukraine/Occupied Crimea), and #SoulaimanRaissouni (Morocco). Check the thread to get involved:…

How to Start a Memoir, from memoir teacher Marion Roach Smith marionroach.com/2023/07/how-to… via Marion Roach Smith

Interviewing Why Write Memoir Under a Pseudonym, with Lamya H marionroach.com/2023/07/why-to… via Marion Roach Smith

Interviewing @Lamyaisangry was a privilege and a joy. Listen in as we discuss Why Write #Memoir Under a Pseudonym, and so much more marionroach.com/2023/07/why-to… via Marion Roach Smith

What is #memoir and how does it work? Listen in as Joanna (J.F.) Penn and I talk all about her new memoir and more. thecreativepenn.com/2023/06/05/wri…

A bill that explicitly prohibits Illinois libraries from banning books is speeding its way toward passage by the General Assembly, and the Illinois Secretary of State said he wants “every librarian in the country to know we have their backs.” ow.ly/Gom750NLQqt

I guess I just cry all the time now, that’s just what I do

Hey, Budget Car Rental car rental. Why the hideously long line and wait for a car at LAX? Also, no bus service from terminal . A sympathetic Hertz driver dropped us off. What gives?

How to Write A First Memoir with Rebecca Fogg marionroach.com/2023/03/how-to… via Marion Roach Smith

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Join PEN America in Telling Martin County, FL to #FreeTheBooks . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/4853ca…

FINALLY SEEN is out today. It is the culmination of all my tears, fury, and joy these last few years. I hope you love it.

Be loud. Be brave. Be seen. ❤️

#FinallySeen @simonkids

What a delight to welcome Paulina Porizkova to NYS Writers Institute University at Albany She was funny, warm, authentic and disarmingly candid. Her luminous beauty is obvious, but it is heart and brains that really shine. What a marvelous spirit. Thanks, Paulina. You made a lot of new fans in Albany.

Emily Dickinson Museum Bianca Stone Todd Colby Still trying to figure out who did this in Montpelier in the last election

Delighted to collaborate on this piece of Americana music. Rusty Gear - Something in the Water (Official Video) youtu.be/_F2ERQNRAAQ via YouTube

Writing to Entertain, with Author Iris Smyles marionroach.com/2023/02/writin… via Marion Roach Smith

From a master.

Writing to Entertain, with Author Iris Smyles marionroach.com/2023/02/writin… via Marion Roach Smith

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How to get started writing memoir marionroach.com/writing-help/g… via Marion Roach Smith