“Why do we need the things in books? The poems, the essays, the stories? . . . . Why should we read them? Why should we care? . . . . Ideas–written ideas–are special. They are the way we transmit our stories and our thoughts from one generation to the next. If we lose them, we lose our shared history. We lose much of what makes us human. And fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gift of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.” ~ Neil Gaiman
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Put your pen to paper and your stories to the page this Sunday, December 2nd, during Study Hall: #AmWriting (Online, 3:30-5pm CST). There’s still time to register!