Literary Liberation
Literary Liberation, Nancy Reddy, Jessica Slice, Emma Akpan, Sherisa de Groot, poetshe7, notessonthego, Shawna Ayoub, McKenzie Watson-Fore, Karen ZhengWe're a learning community for artists, writers, and activists offering workshops & space to work toward collective liberation. Stay radical.
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The Notebook Question
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Welcome to Margin Notes—real talk about the writing life - no gatekeeping, just honest conversations about craft, creativity, and what it rea...
Leila Renee is trying to make sense of other people—and of this crazy world we live in
Ten Questions no. 16 with Leila Renee
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August at Literary Liberation!
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Readers & Writers—
Every year I try to take time away from work during the month of August, and outside of showing up for our Monday Pa...
August PARK & WRITE co-writing dates & times
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Happy August, writers!
We know how difficult it can be to find the time to sit and get our words out of our heads. Sometimes it’s best t...
Sentence Club is here! Here's a recap of our Live Kickoff
Writers—
Thanks to everyone that joined our live kickoff which aired simultaneously on Instagram and Substack. If you were in attendance, we mentioned a few things:
→ If you feel like you are time starved (raises hand), there’s no sha...
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"If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest." -Audre Lorde ✨ Workshops, cowriting sessions, book recs, deep dives, interviews, essays & more. ✊\ud83c\udffe
obsessed with making space for writing in a busy life & helping you do that, too. newest \ud83d\udcda: THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH, St. Martin's 2025. essays in Slate, Romper & other places. author of Pocket Universe & The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood.
Journalist & author & podcaster. Disability and neuroimmune/neuropsychiatric illness. Unfit Parent, NYT, Modern love, Washington Post, NY Mag, Guardian, etc.
I write about religion, spirituality, and ways art interprets religion.
Writer, editor, cultural steward. She publishes Raising Mothers, Literary Liberation, and A Home Within Myself. Aquarius Sun.
poet+writer: @nbcblk @bitchmedia @blackgirlnerds| debut book: GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL'S THROAT| @redhenpress '21| manag editor:think in ink. publications coord: splitthisrock.
Writer & poet ✍\ud83c\udffd | Motherhood, memory & mundane magic | Books, cats, dark chocolate | Dancing through life with resilience & joy
Shawna Ayoub is a brown, queer, Durham-based writer and instructor. She teaches through Survive Your Story, Center for Creative Writing, and is Director of Programs for Literary Liberation.
Hi there! I'm a writer, critic, and artist. I write about white American evangelicalism and the female experience, and I serve as the executive editor for sneaker wave magazine.
Karen Zheng is a queer, Chinese-American poet and writer.
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