In My Godless Household, Poems

There Are Women Succeeding Beyond Their Wildest Dreams Because Of Their Sobriety.

In My Godless Household, Poems Were The Closest We Came To Sacred Speech -- The Only Prayers Said.

As A Memoirist, I Strive For Veracity.

The Failures Of Other Genres To Provide An Emotional Connection With Some Of Their Characters And Narratives Gives Memoir A Toehold.

Those Are Only Rumors Of Suffering. Real Suffering Has A Face And A Smell. It Lasts In The Most Intense Form No Matter What You Drape Over It. And It Knows Your Name.