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Communication Center Journal Vol. 6, No. 1, 2020 Book Review Box, H. & Mocine-McQueen, J. (2019). How Your Story Sets You Free. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. (112 pp., hardcover $12.95). Sarah Kennedy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute In early June 2020, as Black Lives the right story toward those that will benefit Matter protests against police brutality took most from hearing it, the Public Narrative place across the U.S. and worldwide, NBC’s method, and emotional management and Late Night with Seth Meyers opened four best practices for public speaking. While consecutive shows with segments from Box and Mocine-McQueen include practical writer Amber Ruffin. Ruffin, a black advice, much of the text consists of woman, shared stories of being accosted by assurance the reader’s story should be told, police on her own porch, while skipping will affect others, and has the power to down an alleyway, and in cars. The ethos inspire positive change. For communication she has built as a regular, likable presence center professionals, this book is a great on the show made her stories particularly resource to use with writers reluctant to resonant with Late Night’s audience and delve into the personal, activist writers, others who came across the segments on public speaking students, and writers of YouTube. Personalized through this college application essays or graduate relatable central character, the stories Ruffin school personal statements. lays out are powerful evidence of the Box and Mocine-McQueen begin by widespread mistreatment of black people by introducing their background as consultants police. Ruffin’s June 2020 segments with the Million Person Project, “a demonstrate the persuasive potential stories storytelling company for change makers,” hold.
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