Write Home: Letters to a Younger Me
Write Home: Letters to a Younger Me (forthcoming May 14, 2026) is a collaborative anthology between the #whatshesaidproject and Communal Pen, filled with wisdom, compassion, and challenge. Forty writers, storytellers, poets, and healers from around the world were asked: What would you like to tell your younger self? What have you learned about caring for your body, mind, and soul? Do you need a hug or a push? What would you reveal about the future? What secrets or surprises might be helpful?
Edited by Shannon Ivey and Melanie McGehee, this anthology provides words of grace to the most intimate of audiences: ourselves.
Contributors
Heather Branham; Laura Brody; Morgan Boyd; Liona Burnham; Susan Michele Coronel; Delia Corrigan; Linda M. Crate; Triston Dabney; Candice Daquin; Nichole Davis; Jo Angela Edwins; Michelle Elisburg; Dahlia Fisher; Leslie Frisbee; Tisha Fritz; Maria Z. Gardner; Alicia P. Harris; Patricia Hatch; Charlie Hebert-Russell; Nathalie Kaupp; Jenn Laurenza; Lynn Lipinski; Dory Maguire; Elena Martínez-Vidal; Gabriella Sofia Meditz; Ed McCall; V. Rendina; Rumaisa Reza; Judy Parceaud; Catherine Parceaud; Sarah; Josephine Pennington; Mare Schumacher; Tracy Shaw; Armethia Sims; Melissa Whiteford St. Clair; Sybil St. Claire; Sara Sobota; Marjorie Tesser; Lynn A. Volkenant; MaryAddison Yates
Snapshots of South Carolina
Released in 2025, the first communal pen anthology, Snapshots of South Carolina, is a collection of over six years of Communal Pen workshops from every corner of South Carolina. Spanning several Museum on Main Street exhibits from the Smithsonian, many pandemic virtual workshops, and several unique in-person events, this anthology is divided into four themes: Elements of Nature, Gathering Around the Table, Preserving the Past, and Cultivating the Future.
Edited by Heather Rose Artushin, Marlanda Dekine, Melanie McGehee, and Carissa Soukup.
Contributors
Alberta Williams; Alli Crandell; Amanda Hightower; Arden Williams; Bobby Harley; Caleb Merckle; Christina Henricks; Chuck LaMark; Debbie King; Diann Price Williams; Doug Sheilds; EboniRamm; Eden Royce; E’Kwaun Byas; JaKala Finklea; Jannice B.; Jennifer Bartell; Katherine Jasmine; Kathryn Feazel-Kwiatkowski; Kayla Hostetler; Keith E. Bates; Khin Win Myat; Kylee Sanders; LaBria Alston; Laura Marcus Green; Lilith Yurkin; Linda Warren; Louise W. Gibson; Lynn A. Volkenant; Mary Marcus Greene; Mary Mason; Natalie Bee; Noah Lindemann; Norma Donaldson-Jenkins; Peggie Hartwell; Robert LeHeup; Robert Matheson; Rob McManus; Rose-Marie Williams; Sandra Schmid; Sara Sobota; Shannon Ivey; Shyanne Bellamy; Siara Pineda; Susan Delk; Traci Dominick; Wayne Cameron,
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