What is the story — your story – the world needs to hear? 

Welcome to the new Brenda Leifso site.  I’m so glad you’re here, because I know that means you believe stories matter –

Because stories map new worlds and possibilities. 

Because stories reach us in darkness.  Because change is possible. 

And it’s all so simple. 

Like me, you’ve likely felt like you’re a compass endlessly spinning around and around and around. 

You struggle to reconcile all the things you are, what you care about, and what breaks you apart.  

One night, after a day spent tracking news stories for the NGO with whom I work — stories on children living on garbage dumps, of women being burned alive in garment factories in South Asia – I realized that as a writer, editor, and a person with a heart –

I needed to help make change and meaning in the world. 

To speak up for beauty.  To speak up for truth and for the right of every person to lead a life of dignity. 

If you’re here, I know that’s your goal, too. 

So, how do I do this  how can we create this change together?

• we can bring your story out into the world.  It can be a book, an e-book, a website.  But whatever the project, we both have to believe in its power and beauty.
• you can send me suggestions for meaning-full books to review.  You can read my reviews, contribute your own review, and spread the word.
• when the time is right, we can bring into existence a project-for-which-I-dare-not-yet-speak-its-name that I hope will create real, direct change in the world. 

Because together we can be explorers, map-makers, boundary breakers and legacy makers.