The Art & Science of Journal Writing

Next week, June 12th, Anne Frank would be 80 years old if she had survived the concentration camps of World War II.

If you have never read Anne Frank’s diary, I recommend you do.  I read it as part of a high school English class in the late ’60s, which especially for me, a Jewish teenage girl, was a very intense and powerful experience. However, no matter who you are, reading her diary will thoroughly sweep you into her world.

Read the article, In Celebration of Anne Frank and All Writers at Huffington Post to learn more about Anne Frank, especially within the context of a testimony to diary/journal writing. The author Elizabeth Donoghue declares “Every diary is a rendering of life that is truer than any form of writing.”