Author: Lyn Crain Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1483454665 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 111
Book Description
In the 1950s, the phrase "confessional poetry" gained popularity initially with Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton. This form of the written word gave artists a way to discuss private, painful events in their own lives without actually sharing every minute detail with the world. In My Shoes poetically portrays Lyn Crain's journey through cancer, as well as physical and emotional abuse. Her poetry is written from the heart and can be titillating or terrifying in a world that is often more black than white. Crain felt the need to use her voice to share her story and, in turn, open the discussion for women suffering under similar circumstances. Crain is grateful that domestic violence is not a taboo subject anymore, however very few poets have addressed the subject in any length. Silence enables, but by raising voices, it is possible to also raise awareness that domestic violence will no longer be accepted as the norm.
Author: Linda McCarriston Publisher: Northwestern University Press ISBN: 9780810150089 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 84
Book Description
Finalist, 1991 National Book Award for PoetryWinner, Terrence Des Pres Prize for Poetry "I lean into my own loving/touch, for which no wound/is too ugly, ' Linda McCarriston says at the end of 'Healing the Mare, ' one of the many poems of extraordinary poignancy and power in Eva-Mary. These unflinching poems of violence and violation and loss earn her the right to such a claim. It's a survivor's claim and these are the poems of a survivor, as scrupulous in their language and art as they are in their quest to register honestly the familial unspoken, a life inside a life." --Stephen Dunn
Author: Gwynita Leggington Publisher: Outskirts Press ISBN: 9781432700690 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
Beautiful Expressions From The Soul A Walk In My Shoes, takes you on a poetic journey through the author's eyes. She shares some of her own personal experiences and feelings about life. This book will enlighten your heart with the beautiful language of poetry. A Walk In My Shoes, focuses on spirituality, love, romance, death, friendship, motivation, and everyday hardships and struggles. The author provides you with poetic expressions from the soul. She will take you to another level with her words of wisdom. You are sure to enjoy this poetic journey as you take a walk in her shoes.
Author: Demetrius Belcher Publisher: ISBN: 9781411639584 Category : American poetry Languages : en Pages : 104
Book Description
Poetry that will not only teach you something but give you a reason to "Never give up". This book will show how true LOVE is and how life can hurt and be healed also. It is a great book to give to friends and family.
Author: Karen Marie Berard Miño Publisher: ISBN: 9781643616537 Category : Languages : en Pages : 152
Book Description
The Journey of an Eagle is a triumph story and compilation of poetry describing the victory over molestation, battery, physical and emotional abuse. It depicts the author's great faith in the Lord to help her through these trials.
Author: Linda Gray Sexton Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1582438781 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 248
Book Description
New York Times Notable Book: A “beautifully written” memoir by the daughter of the brilliant, troubled poet (Detroit Free Press). This is an honest, unsparing account of the anguish and fierce love that bound a difficult mother and the daughter she left behind. Linda Sexton was twenty–one when her mother killed herself, and now she looks back, remembers, and tries to come to terms with her mother’s life. Growing up with Anne Sexton was a wild mixture of suicidal depression and manic happiness, inappropriate behavior and midnight trips to the psychiatric ward. Anne taught Linda how to write, how to see, how to imagine—and only Linda could have written a book that captures so vividly the intimate details and lingering emotions of their life together. Searching for Mercy Street speaks to everyone who admires Anne Sexton and to every daughter or son who knows the pain of an imperfect childhood. “Sexton forcefully communicates the fear, repulsion, neediness, and sorrow that filled her childhood, as well as the agony of her own mental breakdown and her terror of becoming like her mother, in lucid and vivid prose.” —The Boston Globe “A candid, often painful depiction of a daughter’s struggles to come to terms with her powerful and emotionally troubled mother.” —The New York Times
Author: Brittany McLean Publisher: ISBN: 9781079365092 Category : Languages : en Pages : 90
Book Description
I was born a pure soul, but I was burned by the ones who said they loved me, and now I rise from the ashes to tell you the true story of my tragic life through narrative poetry. This story puts you in my shoes as I walked the path towards destruction. You will see through my eyes, looking at my abusers, feeling my pain, the heartbreak, crippling sadness, and betrayals. Follow me into a darkness in which I thought I would never leave. After years of abuse, I have risen above it all, flying high in the sky towards victory. I am The Phoenix, and this is my story...
Author: Julian Barnes Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307957330 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 158
Book Description
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
Author: George Saunders Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1408837358 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 289
Book Description
The prize-winning, New York Times bestselling short story collection from the internationally bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo 'The best book you'll read this year' New York Times 'Dazzlingly surreal stories about a failing America' Sunday Times WINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 George Saunders's most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations. A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of Darkenfloxx(TM) in some unusual drug trials; and Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular. With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past and the ever-settling present, this collection sings with astonishing charm and intensity.
Author: Lyn Crain
Author: Jd Whisperling
Author: Linda McCarriston
Author: Gwynita Leggington
Author: Demetrius Belcher
Author: Karen Marie Berard Miño
Author: Linda Gray Sexton
Author: Brittany McLean
Author: Julian Barnes
Author: George Saunders