This groundbreaking book on the spoken, written, and sung word for personal and social transformation encompasses writing, storytelling, songs, drama, performance, and other forms of the language arts as collective or personal tools for liberation.

This ground breaking book on the written, spoken and sung word for individual and social transformation emcompasses writing, storytelling, songs, drama, performance as a personal and collective tool for liberation. Whether through community storytelling for elders, individual journaling for self-discovery, or interdisciplinary theater for underserved youth, transformative language artists create greater opportunities for people to be heard, witnessed, and to become agents of change in their lives and communities.