I was trying to avoid reading or watching too much yesterday, because I knew it would be upsetting to relive 9/11/01, but of course it was hard to avoid, and some of the things I encountered were so lovely and touching I wanted to share them here. I was living in Boston ten years ago. I did not lose anyone close to me that day, but of course it was an event of such mind-boggling horror and evil and tragedy; ten years later I still can't think about it without getting emotional.
StoryCorps is doing a series of 9/11Animated Short Stories that had me sobbing--the stories are so touching and personal. Here are three:
Author and editor David Levithan talked about his 9/11 book Love is the Higher Law and the importance of remembering and telling stories here.
Author Meg Cabot shares both hope-filled and heartbreaking stories here.
Author Maureen Johnson writes about her experience ten years ago here. Her impetus for writing and the comments from teens who were too young to understand what happened that day are eye-opening.
Patrick McDonnell's MUTTS comic for yesterday was simple and lovely.
1 comment:
Beautifully said Alvina! Thank you for sharing all the links and videos. I'll have to spread the word on StoryCorps too, what an amazing gift to watch.
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