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OverviewEven if you haven't been hurt by domestic violence, someone you know has and wishes they could tell you about it. Perhaps you are a therapist, teacher, academic, or social worker who wants to help those who are suffering. Or maybe you are in an abusive relationship and need to know that you are not alone. The poems, memoirs, and creative nonfiction pieces collected here tell of real incidents of abuse, as well as of those who left destructive and unsalvageable relationships. The beauty and truth of the language, as well as the honesty and courage, set this anthology apart from self-help manuals and academic treatises on domestic violence. This book offers a path forward to healing, health and fulfillment, using the power of art to give voice where voice has been stifled, forgotten, overlooked or denied. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Judith Skillman , Linera LucasPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.310kg ISBN: 9781476683928ISBN 10: 1476683921 Pages: 135 Publication Date: 30 September 2021 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsPreface by Judith Skillman and Linera Lucas 1 Introduction by Judith Skillman and Linera Lucas 4 I-Home Heidi Seaborn Weather 9 Drafting a Flight Plan 9 Jennifer Jenkins Hit Me 10 Susan April The Ballet 13 Howie Good Anger Is an Arrow 20 Stick Figure Family 20 The Secret Goldfish 20 Emma Brousseau What's True of the Garden Pea 21 Wren Tuatha Fissure 25 Chelsea Clammer Balcony, 3 a.m. 26 Nina Fosati Her Father's Daughter 28 RK Taylor holy / days 30 Lynn Magill You Smiled 30 Michael 31 Cynthia Steele Words Too Dark for the Father's Day Edition 33 Kurt Olsson Packs 41 Drowned 42 The Best of a Bad Year 42 J. Flynn Doncaster Ever Closer 43 II-Trauma Lindsay Erdman Abroad 46 LeeAnn Olivier Kintsugi 46 Aimee Parkison Girl in Rape Kit 54 Victoria Elizabeth Ruwi A Slice of Summer 55 Mary Ellen Talley Wine Song 59 How to Survive Abuse 59 A Steady Whip 59 Ogu Chukwuebuka Kizito Voices from the Streets 60 Carolyne Wright Mandamientos: Lover to Beloved 63 I Forgive 63 Paul Rousseau Kitchen Table 64 Jonaki It Wasn't the First Time He Hit Me 66 Darlene Goetzman Reading the Lines 67 Anne Spollen From Where I Live Now 76 Izzy Wilson Why Are They Fighting? 79 Christina Hoag When His Words Became a Drug 82 Amelia Goldman The Fixer 88 Sally Quon Beginnings 88 Gayelene Carbis His face Right in My Face 93 The Weight of Words in Our Hands Like Water 96 This is What Happened 97 Kelsey Brown A Game of Cat and Mouse 100 Polly Buckingham Excerpt-The Queen in the Mirror 110 III-PTSD Tina Barry Pine 122 Roxanne James Counting Raindrops 123 Lillo Way Pearls Before Swine 126 Sally Showalter Stone Lies 127 H.M. Clark Fire Line 131 Danielle Hark I Keep Secrets Stashed in a Lock Box 134 Abandoned Doll 134 Cold Sheets 135 Secrets Stashed in Tiny Orange Pill Bottles 136 Lexy Courneya Memoir Excerpts 136 Memoir Excerpts II 141 Joyce Hayden The Out of Body Girl 142 Marjorie Maddox Eiffel Tower 154 On a Hot Summer Night for Revenge 155 The Truth of Lies, The Lies of Truth 156 Sharp. 157 IV-In Retrospect Susan Landgraf The Woman Who Held Her Tongue 159 Carol Smallwood House of Cards 159 A Picnic 160 Rosanne Ehrlich Two-Year Slide in Brooklyn Heights 161 Linera Lucas Saddle Up 172 Signal 173 Lindsey Heatherly Weaving Rope 173 Robert Kingett My First Online Love 177 Alice Ting Liu Tug of War 180 Judith Skillman Trellis 183 Years Later 184 Jeff Burd Lost in Transmission 185 Mary Zelinka Last Supper 188 Sailor Holladay Red Flag 190 Alison Stone Heretic 194 Tina Kelley Pushed Out of the Chevy, She Adjusts Her Miniskirt 195 Meggie Royer Twenty Years of Rain 195 Acknowledgments 197 Acknowledgments of Previously Published Work 199 Notes 201 About the Contributors 203 Index 211ReviewsWhen Home Is Not Safe brings a necessary voice to the silent and all-pervasive epidemic of domestic abuse among us. This is a powerful anthology--healing for the writer, eye-opening for the reader. As a therapist and a poet, I highly recommend this collection. --Gayle Kaune MSW, LICSW, author, Noise from Stars This anthology on a wide range of abuse is alive in its varied writings, both prose and poetry. The full sensory experience of domestic violence reveals human suffering, as well as triumph over trauma. The sheer existence of these writings is memorable this is a must read for educators, social workers, and all those in the field of domestic abuse. --Ellen Katz, PhD, MSW, RSW, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada How are we to receive and make use of these cries of the heart? These writings serve as sociological evidence of the imposition of the disturbed narratives of the powerful upon the vulnerable, in our domestic lives. I see them as reminders of the need to assure victims that their narratives matter more, and that the shame of what was done lies with the perpetrators. --Patty Cannon MA LMHC, psychotherapist, Seattle Washington. When Home Is Not Safe brings a necessary voice to the silent and all-pervasive epidemic of domestic abuse among us. This is a powerful anthology--healing for the writer, eye-opening for the reader. As a therapist and a poet, I highly recommend this collection. --Gayle Kaune MSW, LICSW, author, Noise from Stars; This anthology on a wide range of abuse is alive in its varied writings, both prose and poetry. The full sensory experience of domestic violence reveals human suffering, as well as triumph over trauma. The sheer existence of these writings is memorable...this is a must read for educators, social workers, and all those in the field of domestic abuse. --Ellen Katz, PhD, MSW, RSW, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; How are we to receive and make use of these cries of the heart? These writings serve as sociological evidence of the imposition of the disturbed narratives of the powerful upon the vulnerable, in our domestic lives. I see them as reminders of the need to assure victims that their narratives matter more, and that the shame of what was done lies with the perpetrators. --Patty Cannon MA LMHC, psychotherapist, Seattle, Washington. When Home Is Not Safe brings a necessary voice to the silent and all-pervasive epidemic of domestic abuse among us. This is a powerful anthology--healing for the writer, eye-opening for the reader. As a therapist and a poet, I highly recommend this collection. --Gayle Kaune MSW, LICSW, author, Noise from Stars; This anthology on a wide range of abuse is alive in its varied writings, both prose and poetry. The full sensory experience of domestic violence reveals human suffering, as well as triumph over trauma. The sheer existence of these writings is memorable; this is a must read for educators, social workers, and all those in the field of domestic abuse. --Ellen Katz, PhD, MSW, RSW, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; How are we to receive and make use of these cries of the heart? These writings serve as sociological evidence of the imposition of the disturbed narratives of the powerful upon the vulnerable, in our domestic lives. I see them as reminders of the need to assure victims that their narratives matter more, and that the shame of what was done lies with the perpetrators. --Patty Cannon MA LMHC, psychotherapist, Seattle Washington. Author InformationJudith Skillman is the recipient of awards from the Academy of American Poets and Artist Trust, and has published twenty collections of poetry. She is a faculty member at the Hugo House in Seattle, Washington. Linera Lucas won the Crucible Fiction Prize and her poetry and short stories have been widely published. Lucas has taught at the University of Washington Women's Center and Hugo House in Seattle, Washington. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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