The Art of Small Talk

Learn to communicate effectively-and painlessly-with this guided workbook’s 100+ writing prompts and activities.

The pandemic took its toll on many aspects of our lives: our desire to go outside, our ability to get properly dressed, and our capacity for face-to-face communication. But while things are mostly back to normal, there is now a pandemic of loneliness afflicting adults. Sometimes seen as trite or trivial, uncomfortable or even embarrassing, small talk—or the polite conversat…