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About Laura Lynn Brown

A writing instructor at the University of Pittsburgh, Laura Lynn Brown is also an author, editor and writing coach who honed her writing and editing talents at The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Her work was named as a Notable Essay in the 2013 Best American Essays. Laura has an MFA in nonfiction from the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of Everything That Makes You Mom. Writing about her own place (Pittsburgh) is one of her great loves.

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Pencil Balancing

By Laura Lynn Brown 7 Comments

Pandemic Journal Balancing Droplet

It’s the simple things that can show us the way. Join Laura Lynn Brown, and experience the Pentel GraphGear 500 drafting pencil’s power in the midst of the pandemic.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Between Friends: Wordplay and Other Playful Bonds

By Laura Lynn Brown 11 Comments

friendship project

Author Laura Brown recounts how a friendship grows through wordplay — a private version of words with friends — for Tweetspeak Poetry’s Friendship Project.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Patron Only, Play

The Power of Curiosity: “Can I Touch Your Hair?” by Irene Latham & Charles Waters

By Laura Lynn Brown 5 Comments

Author Laura Brown discusses how curiosity deepens friendship, using the children’s book “Can I Touch Your Hair: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship.”

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, Friendship Poems, Friendship Project, Patron Only, poetry

Gratitude Together: Now Our Minds Are One

By Laura Lynn Brown 8 Comments

Robin Wall Kimmerer asks, “Can we agree to be grateful for all that is given?” Ask yourself: Who is my “we”? Then, try these 5 great ideas for creating more gratitude, together.

Filed Under: Blog, Braiding Sweetgrass, Gratitude, Patron Only

A Poem in Every Heart: I May, I Might, I Must

By Laura Lynn Brown 8 Comments

A Poem in Every Heart Marianne Moore bleeding hearts

We believe a heart can hold many poems. But every heart should have at least one. Join author Laura Lynn Brown, as she reveals a “can do” poem she put into her heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, Commit Poetry

Great Friendship Tales: Through Thick and Thin

By Laura Lynn Brown 11 Comments

Some of the stories we first love have friendship at the core, teaching us something about being a good friend and pursuing a good life.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Activities and Prompts, Friendship Project, Patron Only

TSP #1: Luci Shaw Talks Friendship, Freedom, and Love in a Golden Box

By Laura Lynn Brown 24 Comments

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Filed Under: active, Blog, Friendship Project, Patron Only, Podcasts, poetry

Writer Friends: Luci, Madeleine, and a Lean Leather Jacket

By Laura Lynn Brown 25 Comments

dewdrops-fireflies-branches-writing-friendship

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Filed Under: active, Blog, Finding Inspiration, Friendship Activities and Prompts, Friendship Project, On Friendship, Patron Only, writer's group resources, Writing Life, writing prompt, writing prompts

Tea Quest: The Grand Concourse, Pittsburgh

By Laura Lynn Brown 10 Comments

Tea Quest Pittsburgh Grand Concourse

Laura Brown joins new friends at Pittsburgh’s Grand Concourse for a night exploring play and the work of paying attention.

Filed Under: Blog, Pittsburgh Literary, Tea Quest

The Poetry of Friendship, with Pickles on the Side

By Laura Lynn Brown 24 Comments

Laura Lynn Brown serves Irish soda bread, the last Cara Cara orange, friendship, poetry, and disappearing kosher dills.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Poems, On Friendship

Tea Quest: Anchor and Anvil Coffee Bar

By Laura Lynn Brown 13 Comments

Pittsburgh Tea Quest

Laura Lynn Brown’s Pittsburgh tea quest continues with a stop at Anchor and Anvil Coffee Bar, where a person can throw down a “Parking Chair” and celebrate Sconehenge.

Filed Under: Blog, Coffee and Tea, Pittsburgh Literary, Tea, Tea Quest

Eating and Drinking Poems: Anne Overstreet’s “Under Heaven”

By Laura Lynn Brown 3 Comments

Eating and drinking poems pomegranate

Laura Lynn Brown recalls willing herself to eat some pomegranate seeds because she wanted to enjoy the food as much as she enjoyed the word, paired with Anne Doe Overstreet’s “Under Heaven” in the latest Eating & Drinking Poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems

Tea Quest: De Fer Coffee and Tea

By Laura Lynn Brown 20 Comments

Tea Quest De Fer Pittsburgh tea set by window

Laura Brown makes her way to the local farmers market to sample teas from De Fer Coffee and Tea in the latest stop on the Pittsburgh tea quest tour.

Filed Under: Blog, Pittsburgh Literary, Tea, Tea Quest

Life Notes: Notes from an Urban Cabin # 19

By Laura Lynn Brown 12 Comments

Laura Lynn Brown writes about unexpected life in her urban cabin and a cat-and-mouse game. What happened to the peanut butter in the traps?

Filed Under: Blog, Life Notes

Tea Quest: LaBella Bean in Bridgeville, Pa.

By Laura Lynn Brown 8 Comments

LaBella Tea Shop

Finding the right tea shop, at the right time, can be a perfect fresh start. Laura Lynn Brown continues her Pittsburgh tea quest with a stop at LaBella’s.

Filed Under: Blog, Tea, Tea Quest

Eating and Drinking Poems: Stephen Murabito’s “Alone with the Artichokes”

By Laura Lynn Brown 22 Comments

Artichoke cut open

For poet Stephen Murabito, artichokes are a food of regret. Laura Brown prepares them a little differently, with Murabito’s poem “Alone with Artichokes.”

Filed Under: Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems, Pittsburgh Literary

Tea Quest: Silver Tips Tea Room, Tarrytown, New York

By Laura Lynn Brown 9 Comments

Tappan Zee Bridge Tarrytown NY

Laura Brown’s tea quest takes a detour into New York for a stop at the Silver Tips Tea Room in Tarrytown where the river is astonishingly wide, the egg souchong delicious.

Filed Under: Blog, Tea, Tea Quest

Tea Quest: Tupelo Honey Tea Loft, Millvale, Pa.

By Laura Lynn Brown 6 Comments

Tea Quest Tupelo Honey Teas Cafe

Laura Brown’s tea quest takes her to Tupelo Honey Teas Cafe and a selection of Pittsburgh-specific tea blends especially for Yinzers n’at.

Filed Under: Blog, Pittsburgh Literary, Tea, Tea Quest

Tea Quest: Green Tea at Arnold’s Tea House, Pittsburgh, Pa.

By Laura Lynn Brown 15 Comments

Green Tea at Arnolds Tea House Pittsburgh

Laura Lynn Brown’s tea quest in Pittsburgh continues, with a stop at Arnold’s Tea House to sample Dragonwell green tea.

Filed Under: Blog, Tea, Tea Quest

Tea Quest: Bantha Tea Bar, Pittsburgh

By Laura Lynn Brown 12 Comments

Tea Quest Bantha Tea Shop

In the schedule’s in-between space, Laura Brown discovers a new tea shop on her Pittsburgh tea quest, and a fragrant cup of tulsi.

Filed Under: Blog, Pittsburgh Literary, Tea, Tea Quest

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