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Behind the Story - The Council of Wise Women

"Sixteen Years?!"   That's how long it took for THE COUNCIL OF WISE WOMEN to get to its final published forms.   Welcome to "Behind the Story." This installment is about my most recent book…     A secret society, magical chicken soup, and… Read more

Sep 19, 2024

Two Guys Project "The F Word" gets Providence Arts Culture and Tourism Development Grant

The City of Providence's Department of Art, Culture and Tourism (ACT), has awarded a development project grant to Christopher Johnson and Mark Binder a devised theater piece called, “The F-Word.”

“The F-Word is about friendship," said…

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Jun 22, 2023

The Passing of Carolyn Martino

Carolyn Martino died recently. You can read her obituary here.

I didn't know about storytelling until I went to a Little Rest Storytelling swap at Carolyn Martino's house. Never had the experience. 

At the gathering, many stories were told…

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Feb 3, 2023

6 Free and Low-Cost Stories for Teaching

Thanksgiving… White Cane Awareness… Identity… and more stories for discussion and pleasure.

Even during the best residencies, I only have a few hours with students. These are stories you (and your students) can listen to and read at your own…

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Nov 17, 2022

Back on tour: live and in person!

Yesterday I had the pleasure to stand in front of a library full of students and share my work in person. And then I got to do it again. And again!

Grades? Sessions for 6-8, 3-5, K-2, and the splendid…

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Mar 1, 2022

Why NOT on Amazon?

Back in the age of paper, when I was a kid, I used to love going into the bookstore and browsing. Shelf after shelf of possibilities. In those days there weren't so many different sections. There was nonfiction, fiction, mystery…

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Jan 17, 2022

Rebooting my newsletter…

Changing the way I communicate…

Over the years I've experimented with many newsletters. I began with Grinning Into The Millennium, which ran from 1998 to 2001. The past few years I've been doing mostly "fan/customer" emails. Now it's time…

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Mar 20, 2021

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