Write Your Story: Percival Everett
Presented by the Leopold Writing Program in partnership with the Santa Fe International Literary Festival.
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“At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them.”
― Percival Everett, James Whose work have you read recently that have given you a sense of your own power or the power of literature to transform or inspire?
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Submissions
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When I was 10 years old
K MacPhail May 16, 2025 When I was 10 years old, I read the first Little House on the Prairie book… I ran away to the bookstore to buy the next book in the series because I I wanted to know what happened to her. One of my first exposures to bold strong women and I wanted to be one! The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
Charlene Cebell May 16, 2025 The Life Impossible by Matt Haig. It inspired to live life to the fullest. I found in reading this book that there are magical things in life that are unexplainable. Just go with it. |
Martin Espada’s poetry collection
Mark Lupinetti May 16, 2025 Martin Espada’s poetry collection “Floaters.” Political without being pamphleteering, emotional without being sentimental. A profound work of resistance. Poetry
Susan Rhoades May 18, 2025 Poetry inspires me the most to see my own reflection of power and powerlessness. Audre Lourde. Mia Angelou. Marty Campbell. Phillip Larkin. |
