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    Presenting On My Nightstand

    Presenting On My Nightstand

    FromOnly One In The Room

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    Presenting On My Nightstand

    FromOnly One In The Room

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    1 minute
    Released:
    Feb 5, 2021
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    Podcast episode

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    I was one of those bookish kids who grew up to be a bookish adult.  I love to read almost as much as I love to write - and writing is like oxygen for me - it’s that essential.  But reading fills me up and makes me whole in a way that little else does. So as a result, I always have a pile of articles, blog posts, dog-eared chapters, memoirs and essays, stacked on my nightstand.
    Every one of them is precious to me, to be cherished, read over and over, highlighted, and stickie noted.  I’m so excited that I’m going to get to share a reading with you every Friday, on our new segment of the Only One In The Room called On my Nightstand. Some of the readings will be mine, others will be from some of my favorite writers and authors, with their permission, of course.  And I hope you continue to listen every Tuesday and Sunday when we drop a new, incredible Only One story from one of our amazing guests.

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    Released:
    Feb 5, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Hosted by Laura Cathcart Robbins, a writer and a recovery thriver and survivor, Laura found herself in an all too familiar position. In September 2018, she was the only black woman in the room at Brave Magic, a famed writer’s retreat. After it was over, she wrote about her “only one” experience in The Huffington Post and comments started flooding into her DM. These comments were from people from all races, ethnicities, creeds, and nationalities who had felt “othered”. Laura beautifully interviews a person about their Only One story each episode and addresses as many of those DM’s as possible in the process. In this podcast, you’ll hear raw, vulnerable accounts from people who are, like most of us, just eager to connect. Our hope is that The Only One In The Room will inspire a change of perspective in how we all see and hear each other’s stories. We want you think twice before judging the person standing next to you at a party, in the pick-up line at school or in a crowded subway car. This is a podcast for anyone who has ever felt alone in a room full of people – which is to say, that this podcast is for everyone.