Former President Jimmy Carter Built My House—and Changed My Life The Jimmy Carter housing initiative gave families in need a place to call home. Four recipients reflect on the former president's kindness.

When #JimmyCarter first entered hospice, @readersdigest.bsky.social asked me to write this article. I spoke to families who'd benefited from his tremendous work with @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social I'm resharing that article today. www.rd.com/article/jimm...

If 1930s cocktails, salvaged sailboats, and windswept beaches are your thing, you can follow along with my writing adventures on Instagram- samanthafacciolowrites.

#amwriting

Congratulations to the four fellow writers whose works, along with mine, were selected as winners of Novel Slices’ Spring 2023 Contest. Many thanks to @NovelSlices for choosing my novel excerpt to appear in Issue Six, now available at https://www.novelslices.com/issues.html....

Could Jalen Carter’s suit at the #NFLDraft2023 be a nod to Jalen Hurts’s winning outfit and attitude at the NFC Championship game?

Welcome to Philly, Jalen!

#FlyEaglesFly

Opened my Sunday @nytimes and what did I see? Two @NYUCWP luminaries staring at me! Congrats to @RavenLeilani and Sigrid Nunez for being interviewed in today’s @tmagazine feature, Legendary Female Artists on the Younger Women Who Inspire Them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/style/tiny-love-stories-what-the-ukrainian-grandmothers-have-written.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Today, on #MarathonMonday and the anniversary of my grandfather’s passing, I am deeply touched and thrilled to see my words in print in @nytimes Tiny Love Stories. Many thanks to @yayamilee
#BostonMarathon @LLSusa @teamintraining @NYUCWP @bostonmarathon...

Thrilled to share the stories of four of the 4,390 families touched by #JimmyCarter and his 39 year commitment to @Habitat_org for @readersdigest

https://www.rd.com/article/jimmy-carter-housing/

@HabitatDenver @HabitatNash @SJCHabitat @CarterCenter

https://www.foodandwine.com/when-my-mom-died-i-mourned-her-with-spaghetti-7092608?utm_campaign=foodandwine&utm_content=bestof_360days&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=6406477decfa410001bd0e83&fbclid=IwAR0PNTsj6n7Re_Asoa5r_o-a3iTW9WwLWaXiSVXK4Qhv5duwfRmhbMI-lvc

A rollercoaster of an essay about grief, uncovering childhood secrets, and the simple foods by which we remember those we love by @kittenwithawhip @foodandwine...

@DebHarkness

“The unfettered exchange of ideas is essential to the preservation of a free and democratic society.” @ALALibrary Read my latest in @readersdigest to learn how you can fight #BookBans

https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/

#booksunbanned @BKLYNlibrary @BannedBooksWeek...

Here’s your #MondayMotivation Be inspired by these teens fighting #bookbans by starting their own banned book clubs. My latest for @readersdigest

@ALALibrary @nprpolitics @nprbooks @BKLYNlibrary @AuthorsGuild #BooksUnbanned

https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/

For @readersdigest I spoke to teens fighting #BookBans and the article was featured in @lithub Daily. Need a pick me up? Read about these incredible, inspiring teens!

https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/

https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-august-12-2022/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/stick-shift-manual-transmission-cars/671078/

The disappearance of manual transmissions is one more in a long line of moves leading to the automation of culture and separating humans from processes and understanding. @TheAtlantic @ibogost...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/opinion/teachers-guns-schools.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/opinion/teachers-guns-schools.html?referringSource=articleShare

“If we educators find ourselves nose-to-nose with a mentally ill child wielding an AR-15, it might look as if we’re the first line, but that’s only because all the other lines have lain down.”...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-make-a-dirty-shirley_l_62bb173be4b080fb670ab73f?ycc&fbclid=IwAR1rUMqLPlETMYROQjNnWRC6H-AQ97VOwVAJhkp2jjn_5uaIpRvxix4BH2I

My favorite “special occasions”
childhood drink has been elevated to the realm of adult beverages, just in time for summer! @KendrickWorks...

https://www.rd.com/list/preventing-school-shootings/

Please read and share my latest- a teacher’s perspective on how we can all take action to prevent school shootings for @readersdigest

#GunReformNow @Everytown @sandyhook @GiffordsCourage @bradybuzz @utmbhealth @DrJeffTemple @essentialprtnrs
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/opinion/texas-shooting-gun-control.html?referringSource=articleShare

“Let’s supplement thoughts and prayers with concrete steps, based on nerdy evidence-gathering, based on hard conversations with people we disagree with, to reduce gun deaths so that elementary schools need not be graveyards.”@NickKristof #GunReformNow...

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/opinion/school-shootings-backpack-shield-bullet-proof-education-gun-control-20180614.html?outputType=amp

My 2018 opinion piece on school shootings rings as true and urgent today as it did when @PhillyInquirer published it in 2018.

Angry? Despairing? Support orgs working for #GunReformNow

@Everytown @sandyhook @bradybuzz @GiffordsCourage...

After #SandyHook the police chief came to a staff meeting. Our best defense against a shooter? Arm preschoolers w/ blocks. Congress sanctions assault rifles and teachers are handed toys. Mass shootings are preventable. Support @sandyhook @Everytown @NewtownAction #GunControlNow

Ocean Vuong (paraphrased) on connecting generations & dreams: My ancestors lived w/ heads bent over the nail salon desk so I could live w/ my head up. Today, I write at a desk w/ my head in that same posture so I can move forward w/ wonder & thriving. @NYUCWP #writingcommmunity

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