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- Thoughts at Crossings reflects the way Linda Vigen Phillips has always dealt with life's raw truths-through the language of poetry.
- Author(s): Linda Vigen Phillips
- 34 Pages
- Poetry, General
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About the Book
Thoughts at Crossings reveals a woman looking back with wise eyes on the scars and tragic lessons of childhood abuse, through the language of poetry.Book Synopsis
Thoughts at Crossings reflects the way Linda Vigen Phillips has always dealt with life's raw truths-through the language of poetry. Her debut novel-in-verse, Crazy, painted a picture of a mother's mental illness from a teenage point of view, while this new collection takes a firmly adult stance: a woman looking back with wise eyes on the scars and tragic lessons of childhood abuse.Review Quotes
"Linda Vigen Phillips masterfully sculpts poems on family secrets in Thoughts at Crossing. Her words remind us that we often bear the burdens of our departed loved ones. With each poem, she guides us through the terrain of her personal family strife. Fearless, she excavates her childhood memories, elevating them through her words that showcase her adeptness as a storyteller. Always, her message-universal in scope-delivers in its incisiveness and depth of insights into the human condition." Grace C. Ocasio, Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet 2021-23
"Thoughts at Crossings is a haunting torrent of razor-edge phrasing and emotion. This unflinching,19-poem sequence is both chilling and passionate at once. Phillips exposes the shattered innocence of coming-of-age with a tender touch like a mother wiping the dirt off a child's face." Phillip Shabazz, teaching artist and author of Flames in the Fire