Amity Pierce Buxton
Co-Author of Herbert the Hedgehog
Amity
Pierce Buxton grew up in Massachusetts and New York.
After receiving a BA in English and an MA in the Teaching of
English, she earned her PhD at Columbia University in English
Literature and Teaching with an emphasis on communication and
“audience.” She has
taught all grades (except middle school) from preschool to graduate
school across the country.
Amity trained
teachers for desegregating schools in the Sixties and, with a team
of colleagues, developed a teachers’ center where teachers at all
grade levels could design curriculum and hands-on teaching materials
so that all their students could reach their individual potential.
Besides
creative writing, especially poems and essays, Amity writes articles
and book chapters on her research, which ranges from children’s
language development to individual and family issues arising when a
married person discloses being gay,
lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
Following the publication of The Other Side of the Closet
in 1991, she founded and, from 2001 to 2008, was Executive
Director of the Straight Spouse Network, an international
organization that provides peer support and research information to
straight spouses and their families. A board member of the Straight
Spouse Network, Catholic Association for Lesbian and Gay Ministry,
and Family Equality Council, Amity is also a member of the American
Psychological Association, Association of Family and Conciliation
Courts, and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social
issues. In her spare time, she lectures and conducts workshops on
family issues when a spouse comes out and facilitates a support
group for straight spouses in the San Francisco Bay Area, where her
adult children also live. “All
my life, “she says, “I have worked to create ways and means for
everyone’s voice to be heard and needs met, starting from her or his
earliest years.”
Story by Amity P. Buxton & Lynn E Mueller; Illustrations by David Tinoco
This amazing tale of Herbert the Hedgehog is the perfect children’s story. You see, Herbert knows what it’s like not to belong, to be different from everybody else. Though he’s just like his family in many ways, inside he feels different. Try as he might, he can't find a way to talk about it. He thinks he can figure it out by himself. Can he?
Who knew a simple walk would change Herbert’s life? With the support of his family and with the help from a very special friend, Max the Mallard Duck, Herbert the Hedgehog learns it’s very important to be yourself and accept who you are. He realizes that being different isn’t what matters. What matters most is love.
Schedule Release Pre Order July 2012
Schedule Release General Public October 2012
Unseen-Unheard
The Journey of Straight Spouses
by Amity Buxton and R.L. Pinely
What would you do if your husband told you he’d fallen in love with another man? What would you do if you discovered your wife's texts, photos or emails indicating she has a female? Yes, it happens -- shattering reality that at least two million men and women among us have faced and tried to understand and accept even as we were unseen and our voices unheard.
We invite you to walk with
us in the pages of Unseen-Unheard and experience our
journey from the first desperate cries of discovery or disclosure to
the insights and wisdom gained as we resolve our issues and
transform our lives. As you observe and listen, we hope you will
embrace the courage, creativity, and resilience of our inner
strength, which we didn't know we had.
Schedule Pre Order Release Summer 2012
General Public Release October 2012
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