Showing posts with label PEN Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PEN Canada. Show all posts

February 19, 2013

Bare it for Books -- and PEN Canada


All day I’ve had too much caffeine – and excitement – and I’ve got the leg twitch going. 
 
So here is one of those things that I wanted to tell you about…the fun but scary thing I was invited to do:

Bare it for Books organizers Amanda Leduc and Allegra Young

Read about it here and here.
 
I am pretty nervous about this, I have to tell you.  Some parts of a Catholic upbringing die hard, and general unwarranted embarrassment about these human bodies of ours is one thing that has been hard for me to shake.  I have actually turned down free massages because it’s not really worth the stress of having to get naked in front of a stranger.  But that just seems like another reason to do it, really.  

The main reason, of course, is because PEN Canada is an amazing organization that defends freedom of expression around the world.