The Shadow Beside Me: Pongo Poetry from King County Juvenile Detention - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996740910 ISBN 13: 9780996740913

Publisher: Pongo Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

The Pongo Poetry Project helps youth and adults to write personal poetry as a healing and empowering response to trauma. Pongo's process particularly supports underserved communities and those who have a hard time expressing themselves. Our trained staff and volunteers establish writing projects inside juvenile detention centers, psychiatric hospitals, and other sites. Our primary purpose is to help our authors understand their feelings, find their voices, and express their hope for a better future. For counselors, teachers, and caregivers, Pongo offers national trainings, free web resources, and a book about our methodology, Writing with At-Risk Youth: The Pongo Teen Writing Method by Richard Gold, Pongo's Founder. 

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About the Author

Based in Seattle, Shaun McMichael has spent the last ten years teaching marginalized youth across the region. Over 35 of his short stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in literary magazines, online and in print, such as The Chicago Tribune's Printers Row, Carrier Pigeon, Litro, Existere, PopMatters, and others. His day job is as Program Manager for the Pongo Poetry Project, which helps youth to write heartfelt poetry as a healing and empowering response to trauma at sites like CSTC, a Washington State mental health care center for teens and children and CFJC-King County's Juvenile Detention Center. His essays on engaging trauma through poetry can be found on www.pongoteenwriting.org. Shaun's guiding ambition in life is to make his wife and son proud. Shaun can be found on LinkedIn.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pongo Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996740910
• ISBN 13: 9780996740913
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98
• Editor: McMichael Shaun Anthony