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Pub. Date
[2023].
Description
"These poems were written in an attempt to excise the illness that had taken root in me because of my silence. I've spent my entire life keeping the secrets of men; my body aches from carrying the weight of their sins. My freedom lives in these pages, and I hope that my words can inspire others to take back their happiness and their identity by using their voice to illuminate what's been buried, but not forgotten, in the darkness." --
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Laura Alisha was abused severely during the first fifteen years of her life. This book eloquently expresses only a part of her healing journey. She began writing to give voice to the pain that she could not speak aloud. The words she uses to describe the horrors she went through are written so that the world may know how to truly break the silence that surrounds childhood abuse in all its many forms. She asks that each person who picks up this book...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
This book invites you to travel the journey of a writer's and activist's life and process over forty years, representing both the core of ideas that have become global movements and the methods through which V survived abuse and self-hatred. Seamlessly moving from the internal to the external, the personal to the political, Reckoning is a moving and inspiring work of prose, poetry, dreams, letters, and essays drawn from V's lifelong journals that...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Addiction is easy to fall into and hard to escape. It destroys the lives of individuals, and has a devastating cost to society. Steinberg and Bader harness the power of literature, poetry, and creativity to illuminate what alcoholism and addiction are all about. Each chapter begins with advice and commentary followed by a wealth of quotes to inspire and heal. The result is a mosaic of observations and encouragement that draws on writers and artists...
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