In Her Room Sara Blackthorne

This week's guest on In Her Room is hiker, dancer, and author Renee D'Aoust. Our conversation features thoughts on movement and the body, pedagogy and the writing craft, and so much more. 




















The urgency needs to be on the page...




Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Renee's website
Renee on Twitter
Body of a Dancer

Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies
Water and What We Know :: Karen Babine
Teacher at Point Blank :: Jo Scott-Coe
Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations :: Jules Evans
In Her Room Episode #37: Maggie Messitt

This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, coach, and advocate of healthy boundaries Randi Buckley. Our conversation features the power of Viking women, lots of laughter, and so much more.




















Writing is a mountain ... Every time I climb it I get to a different place, 
nd I see new things from there.




Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Randi's website
Randi on Facebook
Randi on Twitter
Healthy Boundaries for Kind People
"Don't Be So Hungry You Eat the Poison"
A Love Note to the “Hypersensitive,” “Too Nice,” & “Takers-of-It-Too-Personally.”
Concordia Language Villages

This week's guest on In Her Room is author, editor, and publisher Amanda Mays. We talk about the importance of an editor, leaving no trace, and what it means to show up to the page.




















I firmly believe in the printed word...




Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Anchor & Plume Press
Anchor & Plume on Facebook
Anchor & Plume Press on Twitter
Kindred Magazine
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This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, editor, and lover of travel Bronwyn Petry. We talk about maintaining authentic voice, social justice, and so much more.




















Writing is my activism.




Here are a few things mentioned in this episode:Bronwyn's Website
Bronwyn on Twitter
Bronwyn on Facebook
Bronwyn on Instagram
"Reclaiming Our Wild Hearts" :: Bronwyn's reading published on Elephant Journal
Be You Media Group

This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, teacher, and journalist Maggie Messitt. We discuss her latest book, The Rainy Season, immersion journalism, and so much more.




















Writing...has long been a way inside people unlike me.




Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Maggie's website
Maggie on Twitter
Maggie on Facebook
Maggie on Instagram
The Rainy Season
"When Your Co-Author is Missing" :: Maggie's essay in Creative Nonfiction 
Immersion/Immersive Journalism (a primer)
Elizabethtown College

This week's guest on In Her Room is writer and pop culture thought-provoker Laura Bogart. We discuss the importance of sticking to the work, showing up to hard topics, and so much more. 




















Writing is about giving a voice to my younger self, who did not have [one].




Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Laura's website
Laura on Twitter
"Dormancy" :: Laura's essay on The Rumpus
"Into the Arena" :: Laura's Hunger Games essay on The Nervous Breakdown
"Empathy for Chrissie Hynde" :: Laura's essay in SPIN Magazine
Mary Gaitskill :: "On Not Being a Victim" (pdf) 
Dorothy Allison
Joyce Carol Oates
Cheryl Strayed
Tori Amos
Sarah Hepola
Sonia Saraiya :: "The Truth About TV's Rape Obsession"