Without a Map by Meredith Hall
Apr01

Without a Map by Meredith Hall

Listed as one of ten “truly addictive stories” by O Magazine, 2007 BookSense “Pick of the Year,” 2007 Elle Magazine Reader’s Pick, Without a Map by 3rd Gift of Freedom Winner Meredith Hall has been called “A haunting meditation on love, loss, and family,” (Caroline Levitt, People, 4 stars), and “An unusually elegant memoir that feels as though it’s been carved straight out of...

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2007 Participating Writers
Aug23

2007 Participating Writers

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Summer Wood Awarded 4th Gift of Freedom
Feb23

Summer Wood Awarded 4th Gift of Freedom

Summer Wood, 4th Gift of Freedom Recipient But for a writer to be that brave, she needs to know—to believe firmly, and to be reminded often—that there are people out there for whom the truth matters, people who need her stories.—Summer Wood, from her Gift of Freedom application Summer Wood is a fiction writer fromTaos, New Mexico.  She is the recipient of the 4th Gift of Freedom Award.

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2005 Participating Writers
Aug23

2005 Participating Writers

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The Man with my Face by Jennifer Tseng
Apr15

The Man with my Face by Jennifer Tseng

The Man with my Face, by 1st Gift of Freedom Winner, Jennifer Tseng “This debut collection of poetry by Jennifer Tseng traces the immigrant’s journey, one filled with distant families, sea crossings, sweet fruits, and buried violins. Whether remembering a father’s ‘unseen clock, his well-wound mystery’ or poetically re-imagining the ‘autobiography of an immigrant,’ the speaker in these poems...

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