Description: Constantly surprising, these personal essays explore the attractions and dangers of intimacy and the violence that often arises in close relationships. Deulen's artful storytelling and dialogue also draw the reader into complicated questions about class, race, and gender.
Brief description: DANIELLE CADENA DEULEN is a poet and essayist. She is the author of a memoir, The Riots (winner of the AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction); two poetry collections, Lovely Asunder (winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize) and Our Emotions Get Carried Away Beyond Us (winner of the Barrow Street Book Prize); as well as a poetry chapbook, American Libretto (winner of the Sow's Ear Chapbook Contest). She is an associate professor at Willamette University and hosts the literary podcast and radio show "Lit from the Basement" at LitFromTheBasement.com. Her author's website is danielledeulen.net.
Review Quotes:
There is general agreement that adverse childhood experiences leave permanent scars, but with a person as gifted as Danielle Cadena Deulen, the result is transformative for writer and reader alike. . . . Deulen poignantly and poetically relates the effects such experiences had on her, her family, and those around her. It is a sad, but beautiful, and, ultimately uplifting compilation.
--ForeWord Reviews