People Powering Art and Literature

Join Stephanie Roberts for a conversation with screenwriter and first time author Claire Fontaine about the memoir she co-authored with her daughter Mia, Come Back: A Mother & Daughter’s Journey to Hell and Back (2006 HarperCollins). Claire shares the story of how she lost her daughter to a drug-fueled descent and desperately battled to bring her back. It’s an emotional story of survival and a tribute to the strength of a bond between a mother and her daughter.

 

 Claire Fontaine Interview: author of Come Back: A Mother and Daughter's Journey to Hell and Back [25:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Join Stephanie Roberts for a conversation with Keri Smith, artist, blogger, and author and illustrator of several books including Wreck This Journal – an activity book for creative destruction (2007 Penguin Books), the Guerilla Art Kit – everything you need to put your message out into the world (2007 Princeton Architectural Press), Living Out Loud – activities to fuel a creative life, (2003 Chronicle Books), Tear Up This Book (2005 American Girl), and Story in a Box-Cinderella, and Princess and the Pea (2001 Chronicle Books). Keri shares a bit about her childhood, her perspective on the creative thought process, and her view of what’s to come.

 

 Keri Smith Interview [27:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download