{"product_id":"rip-the-page-adventures-in-creative-writing-paperback","title":"Rip the Page!: Adventures in Creative Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Benke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are the ideas, experiments, and inspiration to unfold your imagination and get your writing to flow off the page! This is the everything-you-need guide to spark new poems and unstick old stories, including lists of big, small, gross-out, and favorite words; adventurous and zany prompts to leap from; dares and double dares to help you mash up truths and lies into outrageous paragraphs; and letters of encouragement written directly to you from famous authors, including: Annie Barrows, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lemony Snicket, C. M. Mayo, Elizabeth Singer Hunt, Moira Egan, Gary Soto, Lucille Clifton, Avi, Betsy Franco, Carol Edgarian, Karen Cushman, Patricia Polacco, Prartho Sereno, Lewis Buzbee, and C. B. Follett. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is your journal for inward-bound adventures--use it to write, brainstorm, explore, imagine--and even rip!\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren (Karena) Benke\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of The Writer's Nest, a creative literacy mentorship program for children and teenagers. She writes and publishes \u003ci\u003eThe Museletter\u003c\/i\u003e, with a readership of more than two thousand internationally, and is a former Poet in the Schools. She has presented her creative writing adventures program to thousands of children in hundreds of public and private schools, bookstores, libraries, and conferences, and read for the Library of Congress's Lunchtime Poetry Series. Her poetry has appeared in anthologies and national literary journals (\u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Poetry Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Rattle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHawaii Pacific Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Poetry East\u003c\/i\u003e), and her books have been featured in \u003ci\u003eFamilyFun\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, San Francisco Book Review, Kids' Book Review, the\u003ci\u003e Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Guernica Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. The recipient of two teaching grants from \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers \u003c\/i\u003eand writing residencies from Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Hedgebrook, Numeroventi Design Center (Italy), and The Moth (Ireland), she is co-author with Matilde Pettini of \u003ci\u003eLunch at Lola's\u003c\/i\u003e (Rizzoli, 2027) about the rising star's trattoria, Dalla Lola, that was featured on \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e's \u003ci\u003eTucci in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e. She divides her time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Florence, Italy, where she is always at work on a creative project. Visit her virtually at www.karenbenke.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.92 x 7.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53499718959411,"sku":"9781590308127","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NzCursYvU39781590308127.webp?v=1781620039","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/rip-the-page-adventures-in-creative-writing-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}