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New From the Heart & Hand
of Mizz JJ, Executive Director of Why We Write
A Pencil Grows in Kentucky weaves together some of her favorite creative writing lessons and true stories of amazing Appalachian women. Best of all, the book features the powerful poetry of 70 young women from her Appalachia Girl Dreaming workshop.
Bravo to our cover artist Shade Hatmaker.​
An inspiring read for dreamers
and writers of all ages.
$14.95​
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Every dollar from this book purchase
goes directly to Why We Write to help us
create more free writing programs.
Students Listen
Our camp director Mizz JJ loves to visit schools and read stories she has written. A group of students at Strode Station Elementary School in Winchester, enjoyed her story Ocean Eyes about a blue sea turtle.
Writers are
shell-ebrities
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