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Compassionate Witness; Or, Why I Write

And the first generative workshop of a new series begins Saturday!

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Joanna Penn Cooper
Jul 25, 2025
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Whenever I teach classes like my recent “Thirty Days of Flash Memoir” workshop, I think about how much I admire people’s willingness to participate in the vulnerable act of sharing their work— really how much I admire that people write at all! My friend (and participant of many of my workshops)

Rebecca D. Martin
has a quote from E.B. White in the footer of her email: “I…

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