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The Power of Telling the Truth on the Page: Meet Danielle Leukam
Danielle Leukam didn’t set out to be a writer. Or maybe she did, before life altered her path. After surviving a horrific attack, she turned to writing as a way to process trauma, reclaim her power, and advocate for other survivors. Her journey is one of strength, survival, and empowerment, using her voice to speak for those who have been silenced.
Turning Grief into Art, Pain into Purpose: Meet Robyn Spodek-Schindler
Robyn Spodek-Schindler is a therapist, artist, and author whose work is shaped by her lived experience with grief. Her debut book, Three Brave Stars, helps families talk about death and healing with children through heartfelt storytelling and imaginative world-building. In this Beyond the Narrative interview, Robyn shares how writing became a cathartic tool for connection and emotional processing, and how she hopes her story offers comfort to those moving through loss.
A Home in Her Own Words: Meet Kaniz Hossain
Poet and visual artist Kaniz Hossain uses writing to reclaim identity, challenge silence, and create community. Her Bengali-American heritage and experience growing up in a Muslim household inform her poetry, which confronts topics like mental health, womanhood, and faith. Through her platform House of Khaos, Kaniz cultivates creative spaces for underrepresented voices. In this Beyond the Narrative feature, she reflects on self-publishing, the power of representation, and poetry as both refuge and resistance.