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Funded by the Summer Youth Program Fund, the Indiana Writers Center's "Building a Rainbow" creative writing program serves a diverse group of young people in Indianapolis, improving their writing and literacy skills through a series of creative writing exercises that teach them how to write the stories of their own lives. Working one-on-one, Writers Center instructors, student teachers, and volunteers help the young writers get their words on the page and also encourage them to reflect upon the experiences they've written about, considering how what they've learned can help them make their dreams come true. I Remember is a collection of writings completed during the Indiana Writers Center summer youth writing programs.

The homeless women in this special collection write about what they have lost, what they dream of, and how they have ended up---but have also learned to find hope again---at a mission center that serves and assists homeless women.

Jim Powell is the founder of the Indiana Writers Center, a nonprofit organization that has supported Indiana writers for forty years. Among the characters you'll find in his collection of nineteen stories are a young woman who's under the thrall of a former Nazi, a man who's shepherding his elderly mother through Alzheimer's Disease, a child used as a pawn by his mother, and a writer who connects with an old friend who will never change. The settings range from Indianapolis to Vienna, Krakow, Puerto Vallarta, and beyond--but no matter its setting, each story is filtered through the lens of a writer who knows who he is and where he's from. Powell's stories are intense, even disturbing at times. But they are always true. Each one reflects the wisdom and generosity of a life lived, a witness to the vast complexity of the human condition.Jim Powell's book of stories, Only Witness, bears insightful and lyrical witness to the everyday comedy and tragedy of our time, with an admirably authentic Hoosier flavor. Powell joins the great tradition of Nicholson, Tarkington and Vonnegut. --Dan Wakefield, author of Going All the WayJim Powell has long served Indiana literature--both in his support of emerging writers and his knowledge and insight into the historical canon, which he has helped define. And now in this new collection of short fiction, he adds his own unique voice to the list of writers who bear witness to this particular place. Even when his characters leave the Midwest for Europe, Mexico, or California, in remarkable Chekhovian stories such as "Night Train to Vienna," "Klezmer Music" and "The Cardsellers," their Midwestern sensibilities travel with them, transforming and interrogating all they see. --Susan Neville, author of Sailing the Inland SeaThe stories in Only Witness reveal Jim Powell's finely-honed observational skills. He witnesses children, young people on the prowl, families, a woman married to a sex addict, the son of a woman with Alzheimer's, and more. I am charmed and moved by these stories. Some are tender-hearted and funny, some keenly honest and tough-minded. Buy this book and prepare to be entertained! --Patricia Henley, author of In the River Sweet and Other Heartbreaks

The Asante Children's Theatre's "WORD DANCE: A Family Writing Project" engaged twenty-one African-Americans representing eight families. They met weekly for thirteen weeks to share an evening meal, talk, laugh, recharge after a busy day and build their family bonds by writing about their lives. These are their stories.

Funded by the Summer Youth Program Fund, the Indiana Writers Center's "Building a Rainbow" creative writing program serves a diverse group of young people in Indianapolis, improving their writing and literacy skills through a series of creative writing exercises that teach them how to write the stories of their own lives. Working one-on-one, Writers Center instructors, student teachers, and volunteers help the young writers get their words on the page and also encourage them to reflect upon the experiences they've written about, considering how what they've learned can help them make their dreams come true. I Remember is a collection of writings completed during the Indiana Writers Center summer youth writing programs.

Funded by the Summer Youth Program Fund, the Indiana Writers Center's "Building a Rainbow" creative writing program serves a diverse group of young people in Indianapolis, improving their writing and literacy skills through a series of creative writing exercises that teach them how to write the stories of their own lives. Working one-on-one, Writers Center instructors, student teachers, and volunteers help the young writers get their words on the page and also encourage them to reflect upon the experiences they've written about, considering how what they've learned can help them make their dreams come true. I Remember is a collection of writings completed during the Indiana Writers Center summer youth writing programs.

In this engaging collection, nine seniors return to significant moments in their lives, presenting stories that range from hilarious, to thoughtful, to hauntingly poetic. Discover why one writer takes his name from a railroad line and how another tries to change beauty pageant history. Find out what happens when Uncle Bob, his wife and thirteen children arrive uninvited and stay overnight. Spend spring break with four co-eds who travel to Florida, inspired by the 1960 movie, Where the Boys Are. Learn what it is like to serve in the Vietnam War or as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia. Grieve with a mother as she copes with the loss of her nine-year-old son. Cheer for the girl who takes on the playground bully. Enjoy "his" and "her" versions of how two of the writers meet and fall in love. Returning represents the work of a memoir class taught by Shari Wagner and sponsored by the Writers' Center of Indiana and the Indianapolis Senior Center. Wagner's introduction describes the assignments she gave to her class and offers suggestions for writing your own life stories.