Sharon Darrow

Author Sharon Darrow has taught in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program of Vermont College of Fine Arts for over 20 years and has lived in Vermont for many of those years. Now residing in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, she is constantly inspired by the richness of the surrounding forests, brooks, lakes, and mountains. Her poems in this volume reflect the vision and solitary spirit of the land and seasons of Vermont. From early spring's mud season and the awakening of life after a long winter, through the heat of summer harvest, to autumn's turning into the chill of winter, these poems reflect the uniqueness of this beautiful, welcoming, and yet sometimes harsh and lonely place. These poems explore the emotional intersection between inner and outer worlds and the breakthrough of voice into the silence.

Lexieville, Arkansas, can hardly be called a real town. It's nothing but a jumble of unpainted shotgun shacks squatting at the end of a muddy, rutted road. To Pertrisha "Pert" Lexie, that road is like a sign, a warning that there's no welcome for outsiders who might venture into Lexieville, and little chance of her getting out. Pert's mother, Truly, had dreams once upon a time, but now they're worn threadbare as a hand-me-down quilt. Pert's brother, Jobe, a high-school dropout, appears to be trapped in Lexieville, too. Only Pert is still determined to shake the dust of Lexieville off her feet and put on a new life like a bright, fresh coat of paint. With only a few self-defense classes, an occasional helping hand from a county welfare worker, and her own fierce dreams to aid her, Pert fights to overcome the suffocating fatalism of generations and to fend off the violent advances of a bitter uncle.

In Worlds within Words: Writing and the Writing Life, Sharon Darrow shows that a writer, through the process of discovery and revision, not only revises the work, but the self as well, and that through this creative process grows as a human being and becomes more capable of writing what must be written. She brings the knowledge and wisdom her years of experience writing for children, young adults, and adults has given her to this compilation of essays taken from a selection of lectures she presented during her twenty-year teaching career in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program of Vermont College of Fine Arts. Some topics covered are: The Writing Life --Source of voice in place and memory --Living in "Negative Capability"The Craft and the Art --Choosing point of view --Getting to the emotional core of character --Melding the character's emotional journey with the action of the plot --Strategies in sentence-making --Some ideas about poetry--lineation, word choice/placement, and white spaceThe Teaching Writer --The process approach to writing --Can stories save lives and change the world? Imagination, Revision, and Self-Making --Goals, themes, and purpose --Developing a personal Writer's Statement --Discovery through revision --How revision changes the writerGoing Forward --"Risks to be Taken, Dreams to be Dreamed"

History and explanation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and why they matter.

This book is a compilation of the United Nations Association USA Student Chapters. Each Contributor give you their experience as student members. They tell you from their perspective how the UNA-USA Student Chapters has affected their lives personally, as students and professionals! The writers of this book use the UN's Millennium Goals and the Sustainability Development Goals to show you how powerful the UNA is in the world.

This book is a compilation of the United Nations Association USA Student Chapters. Each Contributor give you their experience as student members. They tell you from their perspective how the UNA-USA Student Chapters has affected their lives personally, as students and professionals! The writers of this book use the UN's Millennial Goals and the Sustainability Development Goals to show you how powerful the UNA is in the world.

A complete care guide for orphan kittens, including information on determining their ages, how to handle all basic care needs, and the supplies and materials needed. It also has in-depth information on normal growth stages, handling routine health problems, and how to determine what additional outside help might be needed. It even includes information on how and where to get additional, hands-on assistance in raising the kittens and suggestions on how to get them into good adoptive homes.