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Books and Links
Some paper and online resources that I find useful
Books, because I always begin with books...

  • Schneider, Pat (2003). Writing alone and with others. Oxford Press.

  • Goldberg, Natalie (1986). Writing Down the Bones. Boston: Shambhala.

  • Lorde, Audre (1984). Sister/Outsider. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press.

  • Lamott, Anne (1995). Bird by Bird: Some instructions on writing and life. New York: Anchor Books.

  • Pennebaker, James (1997). Opening Up: The healing power of expressing emotions. New York: The Guilford Press.

  • Herman, Judith (1997). Trauma and Recovery. New York: BasicBooks.

  • Fox, John (1997). Poetic Medicine: The healing art of poem-making. New York: Tarcher.

  • Hanes, Staci (1999). The Survivor’s Guide to Sex: How to have an empowered sex life after child sexual abuse. San Francisco: Cleis Press.

  • Hollibaugh, Amber (2000). My Dangerous Desires: a queer girl dreaming her way home. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press.


Links

  • Amherst Writers and Artists, developed by writer and my mentor (although she may not know it), Pat Schneider.

  • Generation Five, dedicated to ending childhood sexual abuse in five generations, through survivor leadership, community organizing and public action.

  • Laguna Writers Workshop, facilitated by another mentor, Chris DeLorenzo.

  • The Center for Sex and Culture, providing non-judgmental, sex-positive sexuality education and support to diverse populations by means of all sorts of fabulousness...

  • The Writing Salon, the only private school of creative writing in San Francisco that offers a broad-based curriculum of classes, taught by many different people, year-round.
  • San Francisco Sex Information, for accurate and nonjudgemental information about sexuality

  • Femina Potens, a performance space and gallery in San Francisco's Mission District, dedicated to increasing visibility of women and trans performers and artists.

  • SpiralMuse, connecting women, shaping the world...

  • San Francisco Women Against Rape, individual assistance and community organizing to end the epidemic of sexual assault.

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