Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA

(she/her) Writer of essay, memoir, history. Columnist @RutlandHerald. Teaching Artist @TLANetwork. Goddard College alum x2

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

This month's "Remember When" column: My personal thoughts and a bit of #history of Castleton University's Calvin Coolidge #library in the face of admin's decision to go all-digital
#Vermont #vermontstatecolleges
#castletonuniversity #booksnotbots https://t.co/NSXRPF3PIm

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When #radio came to #Vermont

#history #vermonthistory https://t.co/S4g8VQC2gT

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Messiah in the Mountains: When Vermonters First Sang Hallelujah https://t.co/KSbEe26Yd3

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Why Don’t You Go Ice Skating at Castle Park? Barre gets an ice rink https://t.co/FZSZWKl0ia

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Church Pews, on sale to the highest bidder. My latest post on "Vermont When" https://t.co/k2njG8ZfsH

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Happy 100th to Windsor, Vermont’s Namco Block Apartments https://t.co/jmeiJbKmth

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It was 1937, and Vermont hadn’t long been a fall vacation destination. That is, until marketers decided it should be...
#vermont #history #vermonthistory #fall #foliage #tourism #tourists

https://t.co/fqaEmCDggV

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Vermont Eugenics, the Rutland connection https://t.co/xz8l1yWTXh

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

Silencing & re-finding voice thru storytelling & remything dominated my MA/MFA work, not by intention, but by a seemingly inner calling. So, I teared up when I "stumbled" into this book & this world again, reminding me where my urgency lies. TY @mariamtatar!

[TLA Network @TLANetwork]

Interested in sharing your transformative language arts work more broadly? Consider offering a workshop at our October Power of Words conference. Submissions due June 30. Learn more at https://t.co/oEE3ebu7EP
#writingconference, #socialchangepoetry, #writingforchange

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

Me: This memoir is baaad.
Me: Why?
Me: So.much.telling. No scenes. No action. No sensory details. Unrelated stories...
Me: Huh. I *did* learn something in that MFA.

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

@GuerillaMemoir And I always wanted a pack so bad but wasn't allowed. Looked common, my (English) mother said.

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

If you believe in the transformational power of words and want to see more of it in the world, consider this upcoming class with the @tlanetwork.
https://t.co/qR2ePrIvWc

#writingforchange #powerofwords #writingclass #transformativelanguagearts

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

Teaching another session of the Transformative Language Arts (TLA) Foundations for the @tlanetwork: how TLA--using words for change--can be practiced & facilitated thru writing, storytelling, performance, song, & expressive arts.
https://t.co/qR2ePrIvWc

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

Thank you @hmcghee for THE SUM OF US! I'm half way through & every page has made me rage, then cry. Every American needs to read it, but wishful thinking... a woman dropped out of my book club after reading the intro b/c it was "too political." It's hard not to lose hope.

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

@megpillow Great! How do I stay informed?

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

@megpillow Did you end up running the workshop on this? Just remembered this conversation & realized I didn't see anything over the summer. I graduated in July so no longer a grad student but even more interested now I'm out in the real world trying to figure out what I'm doing!

[TLA Network @TLANetwork]

This class is for anyone with a disability or chronic illness interested in exploring these issue through writing. Don't miss this incredible opportunity to explore the issues in community. Link in bio.
@rebelonpageangie
#chronicillness
#disabilitywriting
#disabilityliberation

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

@lillydancyger I wasn't able to be in the live WWM class, but just watched. So good, thank you! Anger: helps gets you to the hea(r)t of your story. 💜

[Joanna Tebbs Young, MA, MFA @jtebbsyoung]

Spent the entire work day putting Lit mags (plus some other outlets) into a spreadsheet -- 146 so far -- because figuring where to send work that doesn't yet exist still counts as writing. Duh.

#amwriting #amnotwriting
#writingcommmunity