by Andi | Nov 13, 2019 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
If you know my work, you know I have a deep commitment to telling the long-hidden stories of enslaved people here in the U.S. So today, I am deeply honored to share the story of Brian C. Johnson and his beautiful, powerful book, Send Judah First. May you find... 
by Andi | Oct 16, 2019 | Andi's Book, Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
Friends, Nicole Gulotta is one of my favorite writers on writing. Her Wild Words Podcast is a new must-listen in my feed, and I read her weekly newsletter without fail. Today, she’s sharing some of her great wisdom with us and helping those of us – me... 
by Andi | Sep 25, 2019 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
I’ll never be as funny as Anne Lamott, or as lyrical as Christie Purifoy, or as wise as Marilynne Robinson, or as powerful with language as Jesmyn Ward. These are statements of fact, and if I focus on the ways I am not as good as any of these amazing writers, I... 
by Andi | Jun 5, 2019 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
Courtney Ellis is one of the funniest people I know, one of the wisest, too, so when she told me she was releasing a second book in one year – and one about parenting – I was IN. Today, she’s here to share I once heard Leif Enger, one of my literary... 
by Andi | Apr 24, 2019 | Andi's Book, Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
A little more than 8 years ago, I was in some dark days. My mother had died on Thanksgiving morning. The man I was dating had shown up drunk later that day. I had left the teaching positions I loved to stay with my dad and write. I was lonely. I was grieving. I was a...
