Expressive Writing

Kathleen Adams MA, LPC is one of the leading voices in the field of expressive and therapeutic writing. A psychotherapist and registered poetry/journal therapist, she founded the Center for Journal Therapy in 1988. She is the author/editor of ten books on expressive writing and the series editor for the It’s Easy to W.R.I.T.E. Expressive Writing Series for Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

• About the Expressive Writing SeriesIt’s Easy to W.R.I.T.E.ForewordPreface, Kathleen AdamsSection 1: Classroom 1.Stories and Storytelling: Good for the Heart and Mind, Mary Hynes-Berry2. “Recipe for Me”: Using Poetry to Support the Social-Emotional Health of Youth in Special Education, Mary Tinucci3.Through Students' Eyes: Using “Photovoice” to Help Youth Make Sense of School, Kristien Zenkov and James Harmon4. Extended Metaphor:Exploring Personal Odyssey through Expressive Writing, Diane Richard-Allerdyce5. Breaking the Cycle of Writing Anxiety: Empowering Teachers to Write, Catherine Quick6. The Teacher’s Journal: Expressive Writing and Teacher Self-Care, Marisé BarreiroSection 2: Classroom and Community7. Toward an Ethics of Writing Instruction:The Role of Institutional Context in the Uses of Personal Writing, Robb JacksonSection 3: Community8. Seeing the World the Way It Is: Transformative Language Arts as Calling and Practice, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg9. Hip-Hop: Pen of the People, David Shanks and Randy Tonge10. The Limits of (Critical) Expressive Writing in Prisons and Jails, Lauren Alessi and Tobi Jacobi11. The Muse Works a Crowd: The Joys and Benefits of Writing in Community, Judy ReevesAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgments

Expressive Writing: Classroom and Community offers practical advice in how to teach writing to people who struggle in their lives and with self-expression. Expressive writing is exciting and transformative. It calls for the best from us as teachers and as people. We learn to listen, we find a way to make a difference, we have a way to care, and we learn to express ourselves. But the world of teaching writing that is open and creative can be daunting. Fortunately, these chapters offer a range of specific practices and important considerations, from how to use poetry in the special education classroom to the ethical issues in requesting personal writing from students and others. Best of all, the authors of these chapters are people you want to learn from, and colleagues you want by your side in this important work.