Together, in listening and in telling, we can make the world the place we want it to be. One that welcomes us and lets us struggle, heal, and reach out.
the why and later began as a search to find voices like my own, ones that were trying to name the thing---the words rape and assault are not enough---to collect enough of them, the way my mother used to let loose fireflies in my room when I was a girl. Small flickers of light, making the world safer. Weeks afterwards, I’d find a bug carcass under the bed or in the closet. A shiver. A hint at some badness out there.
It is my hope that these words live---they way these poems have guided my own pen, my heart, my healing. That they will be found, breathing, alive and kicking somewhere. Anywhere. Heard. Understood.
Half the Profits of this book will be donated to
Rape Crisis Centers. The same is true for the t-shirt sales.
If you are interested in planning a benefit
reading/yoga practice/event, please contact me.
We’d love to make a difference in your community.
One woman, one word at a time.