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She Poses On A Wailing Stage, Kara Marie Hollowell May 2023

She Poses On A Wailing Stage, Kara Marie Hollowell

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She Poses on a Wailing Stage is a work of autofiction that is part epistolary and part bildungsroman. The main protagonist Charlotte is for me a vessel to channel my thoughts on the aftermath of an abusive relationship I found myself trapped. She Poses on a Wailing Stage is a story that, at its core, is about a woman overcoming the negative effects of loneliness and becoming an active agent in her escape with the help of a support system to obtain a more fulfilling and truthful life. My goal of this novel is to challenge the perception of abused …


Juggernaut: A Memoir In Pieces, Leeann Olivier Jan 2018

Juggernaut: A Memoir In Pieces, Leeann Olivier

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This experimental memoir is a collection of lyric essays that address the link between place (bodies of water in particular) and identity. They also examine my experiences being married to (and eventually divorcing) a man with a traumatic brain injury that led to drug addiction, domestic violence, and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.


We Who Have Never Bled, Betty Frances Fisher Jan 2016

We Who Have Never Bled, Betty Frances Fisher

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The poetry in We Who Have Never Bled explores landscapes of the personal and the mythic, centering women in a position of both traveler on and witness to this journey that is both violent and hopeful, both personal and universal.


Behind Mount Rushmore, Darlene Priscilla Campos Jan 2016

Behind Mount Rushmore, Darlene Priscilla Campos

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A collection of short stories which take place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota