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Telling Stories of Foster Care and Adoption

A discussion of the future of words

We are closing out 2019 with this episode on foster care and adoption and how the stories we share impact our communities. Suzanne Woods Fisher is an author and Kelly Lewis and her husband Andrew are foster parents.

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Safe families

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The Connected Child

Special thanks to all of you who have subscribed and been part of the conversation around the table. We have over 3000 downloads and are grateful for the opportunity to learn and connect with amazing guests and listeners this year! 

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Holland and Amy look forward to 2020 and another exciting season at The Afterword Podcast (TAP) as we connect trends with the future of words.

Holland Webb is a full-time freelance writer and editor. He spends his days writing about higher education, B2B technology, and nonprofit organizations. His clients have let him write for U.S. News & World Report, The Learning House, The Red Lantern, and Sweet Fish Media. Holland’s favorite writers are Malcolm Gladwell, Olive Ann Burns, and Flannery O’Connor. In his spare time … are you kidding, what spare time? You can reach him through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @WebbHollandLyle.

Amy Bowlin is a veteran teacher. She works with 6-year-olds in literacy intervention and shares with college seniors the art of teaching literacy. Balancing both worlds involves commuting which allows her to listen to her favorite podcasts, “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” “This American Life” and “Revisionist History.” When she is not traveling to Greece to work with refugees, she likes to write, hike, kayak and spend time with family and friends. You can reach her through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @albowlin1.

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Young Voices and Young Authors

A discussion of the future of words

Creativity flows when we provide safe and open environments for writers. Offering space for progression and permission to fail is key to cultivating the power of young writers in particular. 

How do we collaborate with and listen to the voices of the next generation in writing? What does the future of words look like for them? Amy and Holland help answer these questions and gain insight from their guests Adrienne Burris and Andre Sullivan.

Adrienne Burris is the Executive Director of Greenville Wordsmiths and the ARMES Writing Instructor at the Fine Arts Center. She holds degrees from Clemson University (BA English) and Goldsmiths, University of London (MA Writer/Teacher). Adrienne is also a Moth StorySlam winner, two-time TEDx presenter, and Fiction Editor of Emry’s Journal.

Andre Sullivan is a 27-year-old best-selling author, illustrator, and motivational speaker from Greenville, SC. He recently co-founded the nonprofit Young Brothers Academy. Andre hopes to take his message of “connectedness” to a global audience. He has been awarded the Creative Brilliance award by TV, film, and Broadway actress Cee-Cee Michaela Floyd and been featured on 96.3 The Block as a Black History Maker and Upstate Parent Magazine.

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Meet the hosts

Holland Webb is a full-time freelance writer and editor. He spends his days writing about higher education, B2B technology, and nonprofit organizations. His clients have let him write for U.S. News & World Report, The Learning House, The Red Lantern, and Sweet Fish Media. Holland’s favorite writers are Malcolm Gladwell, Olive Ann Burns, and Flannery O’Connor. In his spare time … are you kidding, what spare time? You can reach him through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @WebbHollandLyle.

Amy Bowlin is a veteran teacher. She works with 6-year-olds in literacy intervention and shares with college seniors the art of teaching literacy. Balancing both worlds involves commuting which allows her to listen to her favorite podcasts, “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” “This American Life” and “Revisionist History.” When she is not traveling to Greece to work with refugees, she likes to write, hike, kayak and spend time with family and friends. You can reach her through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @albowlin1.

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Stories from the Kitchen

A discussion of the future of words

Cooking is ancient and every culture has its own twist on how food is prepared. Gathering together and “breaking bread” has its roots in civilizations dating back to biblical times. Sitting around the table and sharing stories while eating is a key element in oral history development and building community. What can stories and words do to excite and re-energize cooking? How do words create a culinary appetite? To talk about the power of words and cooking, Amy and Holland invited Chef John Malik and Victoria Duerstock to the table. Join the conversation below.

Chef John Malik  is a food & beverage consultant, writer, digital marketer, and cyclist. While chef/owner of 33 Liberty Restaurant in Greenville, SC, he was featured on Food Network, Bon Appetit Magazine, Southern Living, Chile Pepper Magazine, and received a nomination from the James Beard Society for Best Chef in the Southeast. John’s online essays about his many food-based experiences, including competitive barbecue, appearing live with Sara Moulton, and trading shots with Anthony Bourdain, helped to renew his interest in writing. While Food & Beverage Director of Greenville’s Cascades Verdae Retirement Community, he wrote and published his novel Doughnuts for Amy.

Victoria Duerstock is a teacher and speaker who desires to inspire hope and ignite God’s purpose and His glory through stories. Victoria has two new projects Heart & Home: Design Basics for Your Soul and Your Living Space and Heart & Home for Christmas: Celebrating Joy in our Living Space. These short devotionals present scripture, personal application, prayer and design along with seasonal tips in each full-color volume.

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Meet the hosts

Holland Webb is a full-time freelance writer and editor. He spends his days writing about higher education, B2B technology, and nonprofit organizations. His clients have let him write for U.S. News & World Report, The Learning House, The Red Lantern, and Sweet Fish Media. Holland’s favorite writers are Malcolm Gladwell, Olive Ann Burns, and Flannery O’Connor. In his spare time … are you kidding, what spare time? You can reach him through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @WebbHollandLyle.

Amy Bowlin is a veteran teacher. She works with 6-year-olds in literacy intervention and shares with college seniors the art of teaching literacy. Balancing both worlds involves commuting which allows her to listen to her favorite podcasts, “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” “This American Life” and “Revisionist History.” When she is not traveling to Greece to work with refugees, she likes to write, hike, kayak and spend time with family and friends. You can reach her through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @albowlin1.

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How Diverse Books Support Empathy

A discussion of the future of words

In a time of divisive discourse, empathy appears to be a missing element in the fabric of some of our conversations. Join us for a timely chat about stepping into the shoes of others as we welcome poet Glenis Redmond and behavior specialist Tyson Wright to our table. We talk about diverse literary works and how they can influence our mindsets, which creates space for empathy. 

Glenis is a traveling poet who teaches the creative process of writing and presenting poetry. Her books include: What My Hand Say, Monumental, & Under The Sun. 

Tyson has been a police officer and a classroom teacher and is currently a behavior interventionist. He is also a football coach and is married with four daughters. 

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Meet the hosts

Holland Webb is a full-time freelance writer and editor. He spends his days writing about higher education, B2B technology, and nonprofit organizations. His clients have let him write for U.S. News & World Report, The Learning House, The Red Lantern, and Sweet Fish Media. Holland’s favorite writers are Malcolm Gladwell, Olive Ann Burns, and Flannery O’Connor. In his spare time … are you kidding, what spare time? You can reach him through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @WebbHollandLyle.

Amy Bowlin is a veteran teacher. She works with 6-year-olds in literacy intervention and shares with college seniors the art of teaching literacy. Balancing both worlds involves commuting which allows her to listen to her favorite podcasts, “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” “This American Life” and “Revisionist History.” When she is not traveling to Greece to work with refugees, she likes to write, hike, kayak and spend time with family and friends. You can reach her through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @albowlin1.

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Your Family, Your Story: Why Genealogy Holds a Key to the Future of Stories

A discussion of the future of words

Romance. Suspense. Adventure. Great stories lie buried in your family’s past. Genealogy is the second-most popular hobby in America. How can you find your family’s story? And what do you with it once you learn it?

Join Holland and Amy as they talk with Anne Norton, a research librarian and professional genealogist. She specializes in investigating the stories of the families of people routinely absent from official records such as textile workers, African Americans, women, children, and the poor. Bestselling romantic suspense novelist Elizabeth Goddard whose most recent work Never Let Go features a forensic genealogist, also shares how to use genealogy in creating a novel. 

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Holland Webb is a full-time freelance writer and editor. He spends his days writing about higher education, B2B technology, and nonprofit organizations. His clients have let him write for U.S. News & World Report, The Learning House, The Red Lantern, and Sweet Fish Media. Holland’s favorite writers are Malcolm Gladwell, Olive Ann Burns, and Flannery O’Connor. In his spare time … are you kidding, what spare time? You can reach him through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @WebbHollandLyle.

Amy Bowlin is a veteran teacher. She works with 6-year-olds in literacy intervention and shares with college seniors the art of teaching literacy. Balancing both worlds involves commuting which allows her to listen to her favorite podcasts, “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” “This American Life” and “Revisionist History.” When she is not traveling to Greece to work with refugees, she likes to write, hike, kayak and spend time with family and friends. You can reach her through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @albowlin1.

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Gamifying Literacy: How Board Games Help Us Master Stories

A discussion of the future of words

Some people say we are living in the “Golden Age of Board Games.” 

Board games are a powerful form of storytelling, and including the principles of gamification in your story can help take your novel or creative nonfiction piece from good to great.

To talk about that, we’ve brought together Dan & Connie Kazmaier, board game designers from Calgary who manage Deep Aqua Games, and James Hannibal, the award-winning author of the Section 13 mysteries for kids and developer of the Lightraider games for families. 

Join Amy Bowlin & Holland Webb for The Afterword: A Conversation About the Future of Words and All Things Literary.

Afterword Episode 1, Part 1

 Afterword Episode 1, Part 2

Meet The Hosts

Holland Webb is a full-time freelance writer and editor. He spends his days writing about higher education, B2B technology, and nonprofit organizations. His clients have let him write for U.S. News & World Report, The Learning House, The Red Lantern, and Sweet Fish Media. Holland’s favorite writers are Malcolm Gladwell, Olive Ann Burns, and Flannery O’Connor. In his spare time … are you kidding, what spare time? You can reach him through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @WebbHollandLyle.

Amy Bowlin is a veteran teacher. She works with 6-year-olds in literacy intervention and shares with college seniors the art of teaching literacy. Balancing both worlds involves commuting which allows her to listen to her favorite podcasts, “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” “This American Life” and “Revisionist History.” When she is not traveling to Greece to work with refugees, she likes to write, hike, kayak and spend time with family and friends. You can reach her through www.theafterwordpodcast.com or on Twitter at @albowlin1.