Write This Second
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.95 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0985231335 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Read it for its witnessing and for its healing. I found it thrilling.-Anne Lamott, bestselling author of Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace --Private ReviewKira Lynne Allen works from the strong tradition of Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez and Janice Mirikitani. It gives permission, and that means that it gives life. It exposes, encourages, challenges, delights. Write This Second made me cry. -David Mura, author of Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei --Private ReviewAllen s poetry is passionate, inspired, harro
Now, she delivers phenomenal workshops and performances combining poetry, art, and education, to empower her community. Still, she honors her Poetry For the People workshops at Glide Memorial Church as the place where she found her voice and the courage to face her struggles as a single mother, sexual
"like new sensory paths to pain and joy and suffering" according to Brenda Usher Carpino. When I finished the last word of Write This Second, I felt something had been profoundly changed inside me, like new sensory paths to pain and joy and suffering and redemption had formed. The difference is they did not come from my own life experience but that of Kira Lynne Allen. I sat long moments clutching the text in my lap, moved to a profound silence, to a contemplation of the meeting of tw. A triumph of spirit and voice Julie Johnson What holds me as a reader of poetry is the same thing that terrifies me about composing my own poems: truth-telling. A writer of prose has more words to hide in, more time to conjure and reshape reality. A poet confronts the truth with every single word."For twenty-seven years I held my tonguedenied my truthheard no love echoed in the sounds of people's voicesand I am aware nowthat all those year. Through beautiful cadence and reflective analyzation Through beautiful cadence and reflective analyzation, Kira tells the story people are afraid to even talk about. She recounts atrocities and tragedy most of us are lucky to never even imagine and she moves through it with such a resolved tone, not one of hatred or resentment or defeated cynicism, but of extreme humility, still appreciating all the beauty life has gifted her. This balance humbles
Kira Lynne Allen's first full-length book of poems, Write This Second, is an empowering story of one woman finding her voice through poetry. From addict and high school dropout to master's degree recipient, poet, performer, collage artist, activist, and community leader. Write This Second charts her struggles with generational racism, incest, rape, addiction, domestic violence and post-traumatic stress. Allen's journey will inspire readers to transform their lives by finding and proclaiming their authentic selves.. Ms