Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You by Sue William Silverman

It taught me that the pain and suffering we go through, is not a pain that we feel alone. It took me a little bit, in fact until the end, to actually realize it was an anthology of poetry from different authors, but this taught me something incredibly valuable. The poems are so starkly beautiful and honest in their pain, and yes it can be hard to read - but I beg anyone who can, to read this important piece of work. But not only did I tell myself I had to, I wanted to. it spoke it me on such a deep and personal level that I had to put it down so many times that sometimes I wondered if I would ever finish it. I honestly don’t know where to begin my review.

I was generously given a free early advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest review and l. She teaches in the MFA in Writing program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. As a professional speaker she has appeared on 'The View,' 'Anderson Cooper-360,' 'CNN-Headline News,' the Montel Williams Show, and the Discovery Channel. Her craft book is FEARLESS CONFESSIONS: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO MEMOIR, and her poetry collections are IF THE GIRL NEVER LEARNS (Brick Mantel Books) and HIEROGLYPHICS IN NEON (Orchises Press). Norton), which also aired as a Lifetime Television original movie, and BECAUSE I REMEMBER TERROR, FATHER, I REMEMBER YOU (University of Georgia Press), which won the AWP award in creative nonfiction.

Her previous memoirs are THE PAT BOONE FAN CLUB: MY LIFE AS A WHITE ANGLO-SAXON JEW (University of Nebraska Press) LOVE SICK: ONE WOMAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH SEXUAL ADDICTION (W.W. Sue William Silverman's new memoir-in-essays is HOW TO SURVIVE DEATH and OTHER INCONVENIENCES (University of Nebraska Press), and was listed as '1 of 9 essay collections feminists should read in 2020' by Bitch Media.

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You by Sue William Silverman