The Power of Words: A Transformative Language Arts Reader

Animals in the House

Reading the Body

Lot's Wife

A Circle of Women, A Circle of Words

Write Where You Are

Sandra Cisneros: Latina Writer and Activist

Write From the Earth (Essay)

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg has written or edited seven books (see below).

Ordering information: Most of these books may be ordered by your local bookstore, and many are available at The Raven bookstore, 7 E. 7th St., Lawrence, KS. 66044. If you would like a signed copy of any book, please click on "Add to Cart" below.  The rate noted in the cart includes shipping and handling. If you would like to order quantities of any book, or more than two books, please email us for reduced shipping rates.  

The Power of Words: A Transformative Language Arts Reader, edited by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and Janet Tallman. This groundbreaking book on the written, spoken and sung word for individual and community transformation encompasses writing, storytelling, songwriting, drama, performance, and other forms of language as a personal and collective tool for liberation. Whether through community storytelling for elders, individual journaling for self-discovery, or interdisciplinary drama for underserved youth, transformative language artists create greater opportunities for people to be heard, witnessed, and to become agents of change in their lives and communities.
$28.00. Hardback version $38. www.TLANetwork.org. 

A Circle of Women, A Circle of Words, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg editor, published by the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority in partnership with Mammoth Publications, 2006. This anthology of writing expresses a wide view of what it means to live on and and over the edge in America today. The writers -- all women in Caryn's housing authority writing group, which had met over the last seven years -- come from diverse backgrounds and experience to share, in their own native language, the truths of their lives. Available at The Raven. $12.

Animals in the House. A collection of luminous poetry about the wild -- within us, of us, around us. "Books such as this help us breathe," writes David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous. "Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg's voice is imbued with love, humore and wisdom. She weilds plain words powerfully," writes Stephanie Mills, author of Epicurian Simplicity.  Woodley Press, $10.

Lot's Wife, an award-winning collection of poetry exploring myths, fairy tales, folktales and contemporary stories from the point-of-view of women, particularly those who were silenced. Named a best book of 2000 by the Kansas City Star.Woodley Press, $8.  

Write Where You Are, an award-winning and much praised guide for teens and the teens in all of us, this book includes lots of writing exercises, strategies for getting started, revision stretches and tricks to further inspire you, and discussion on writing in community. Out of print, but there are plenty of inexpensive copies available through Amazon.

Reading the Body, a chapbook of poetry about living through breast cancer, and finding strength, courage and resiliency, published by Mammoth Publications.