"...it became clear that the workshop had not only taught the craft of
poetry, but it had also created a space for sharing anger, frustration,
sadness and loneliness, and had enabled some of the women to find their
voices. The power of creative writing to illumine pain,
to humanize and add dimension to jobs and lives that, too often, go
unacknowledged, was made clearly evident as participants read their work
aloud."
Check out photos and a full write-up of the event on the PEN Live! blog.
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