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The Value of Encouragement by Bethany Wallace

Posted on October 29, 2021
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A big thank you to Bethany Wallace for this podcast on the value of encouragement.

The Value of Encouragement

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Three Poems Published by The Word’s Faire
Short Story Collection Selected as a Semi-finalist for the 2024 Hudson Prize
Poem Published in River and South Review
Poem Published in The Bookends Review
Short Story Collection Longlisted for the 2023 Santa Fe Writers Project Award

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An excerpt from THE SECRET TO FLYING

When I was a little girl, I thought of my mother as a beautiful bird with clipped wings. I wasn't beautiful like she was, but I was determined to learn how to fly. She used to take me for flying lessons on a stretch of sand that ran along the Little Red River. She'd lie back with her knees pulled toward her chest and arch her ankles. I'd position my bottom on the soles of her feet and prepare myself for flight. "Close your eyes, Donita," she'd say, her voice as soothing as river water rolling downstream. "And release everything that weighs you down."

Recent Announcements

Three Poems Published by The Word’s Faire
Short Story Collection Selected as a Semi-finalist for the 2024 Hudson Prize
Poem Published in River and South Review
Poem Published in The Bookends Review
Short Story Collection Longlisted for the 2023 Santa Fe Writers Project Award

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