An introduction to searching for our truths -- Writers reveal themselves -- Claiming spaces to write -- Rewriting self and writing about others -- Expanding writing spaces and communities of practice -- Writing changes writers: the impact of inertia -- Heroes, dark secrets, otter pops, and struggles -- Writing places as hybrid spaces -- Products, presentations, and power -- Suffering struggles, and the community -- Writing spaces for better times

1. Creative writing (Elementary education) -- United States -- Case studies
2. English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States