![]() ![]() ![]() To be fair, such a balancing act might not be appropriate yet. I wanted more of the poetry of creation, not just accusation, however necessary the latter is. If anything, I would have wished for more of this in Shout - not to take the place of the necessary and difficult telling of painful stories of abuse, but to offer additional ways to think about, to feel, to experience sexuality in all of its intimate, befuddling complexities. Part of what makes Shout so compelling is that Anderson gives voice to her own assault - and her attempt to recover from it - at the same time that she implicates a larger culture of patriarchal sexism in enabling such assaults. ![]() offers rich metaphors and language play to explore how someone can work through that pain - never forgetting it, never not feeling it in some way, but acknowledging it, and recognizing it in each other. These stories need to be told - and heard. If Shout only shouted, it would be sufficient as a memoir, one that is regrettably still needed today. Her new book, SHOUT, a memoir-in-verse about surviving sexual assault at the age of thirteen and a manifesta for the MeToo era, has received widespread. Combined, her books have sold more than 8 million copies. Part of the power of Shout - perhaps the most significant contribution of any memoir of childhood sexual assault and abuse - lies in its ability to provoke of recognition among some of its readers. For bio stuff: Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and adults. ![]()
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