Toward the start of every session of the Writing About Ancestor Trouble class I’m teaching, we explicitly invite in kindness and spaciousness around the trouble we’re contemplating. Even so, there’s a tendency for each of us to look for ways that we are
Yes, I totally feel this: "what it is safe for me to give." Caregiving my mentally ill mom for the last two years.
And yes! So pleased for you: Ancestor Trouble deserves the prize (though I'm sure everyone else that's shortlisted does, too!).
I hope you do this class again. I think the first time is always good to learn from, and each next time builds on the last time, no? When I did a workshop at SUNY, it was so daunting at the outset, but by the fifth and last week, I wanted five more. I hope you do it again.
Yes, I totally feel this: "what it is safe for me to give." Caregiving my mentally ill mom for the last two years.
And yes! So pleased for you: Ancestor Trouble deserves the prize (though I'm sure everyone else that's shortlisted does, too!).
I hope you do this class again. I think the first time is always good to learn from, and each next time builds on the last time, no? When I did a workshop at SUNY, it was so daunting at the outset, but by the fifth and last week, I wanted five more. I hope you do it again.
I love your emphasis on making compassionate space for our own messy family histories. That’s been so important to me over the past years.
Congrats on the prize nomination! I’m glad to see your book resonating so widely!