Resources

The director, Robert Atkinson, has published six books related to the Commons’ activities:

Two methodologies:

 The Life Story Interview (1998), and

 The Gift of Stories: Practical and Spiritual Applications of Autobiography, Life Stories, and

                                                    Personal Mythmaking (1995);

A guidebook on life storytelling as soul-making:

 Mystic Journey: Getting to the Heart of Your Soul’s Story (2012)

His memoir:

 Remembering 1969: Searching for the Eternal in Changing Times (2008)

A collection of Latino life stories, with David Carey:

Latino Voices in New England (2009), and 

The autobiography, in collaboration with Babatunde Olatunji:

  The Beat of My Drum (2005).

These are all available at amazon.com. 

His personal website is www.robertatkinson.net

 

He has also produced two educational videos:

• Starting Over: Understanding and Supporting Refugee and Immigrant Experiences, and
• Gabriel Women: Passamaquoddy Basketmakers.

The videos can be ordered by contacting the Commons.

Additional Resources

This is the start of a list of additional resources designed to assist anyone in writing or better understanding the power of life stories:

• Sharon Lippincott is an OLLI Instructor and the author of “The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing.”