attraversiamo - Softcover

Ferrell, Monique

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1630450219 ISBN 13: 9781630450212

Publisher: NYQ Books, 2016

Synopsis

ATTRAVERSIAMO, Monique Ferrell's third collection of poetry, is an examination of a life in progress. It includes twenty-seven new poems that focus on the importance and impact of living within a skin that is both Black and female. Readers will find poetry that revisits local, national, and international tragedies; discussions about the power, "privilege," and pain of living as a woman in America; and an examination of what it means to survive, stand up, and willingly walk through to the other side. ATTRAVERSIAMO is a poetic discussion about transformation and why survival, thoughtful consideration, and life matter.

About this title

From the Author:

I wrote this book to help people with hearing loss learn about how to deal with this in their daily lives.
I have worked in health care for over thirty years a hospital pharmacist.  Along with that work, I have always focused on patient advocacy and safety as well as health education and disease prevention.
I have done extensive public speaking on health issues and written and articles both at home and overseas on health.
I am now focusing this effort on hearing loss.  The people with hearing loss need information to help them in their daily lives also what to ask their doctor or pharmacist
About 10 years ago, I suffered a complicated hearing loss 5 years ago and ended up having to quit my job as a pharmacist at the University of Minnesota hospital.
I immediately began to gather information about hearing.  I assembled it and wrote this book in order to help those with hearing loss understand it and find ways to cope with it and improve their lives.

More importantly long term, I feel that we need to educate people on hearing and how they can and should protect their ears.  This is especially true of young people - concerts, bars, movies and MP3 players are often so loud that they damage hearing.  Most people think that it will return -what they do not realize is that the hearing gradually goes away.  Often tinnitus (buzzing or ringing in the ears) will take its place permanently.
If you are interested in more information about the book, hearing loss or how people can protect their hearing, please let me know.  Readers can contact Monique at monique.hearing@gmail.com

About the Author:

Monique Ferrell is a poet and fiction writer. She is the author of three books of poetry: Attraversiamo (NYQ Books, 2016), UNSTEADY (NYQ Books, 2011), and Black Body Parts (Cross+Roads Press, 2002). Her writing has appeared in American Poetry Review, North American Review, Antioch Review, Cimarron Review, and New York Quarterly, among other creative writing journals, as well as the anthologies Token Entry, Out of the Rough, The Place Where We Dwell, and RABBIT EARS: TV POEMS (NYQ Books, 2015). Beyond her creative writing pursuits, Ferrell is co- founder of 2 Bridges Review, co-editor of the feminist criticism text Looking for the Enemy: The Eternal Internal Gender Wars of Our Sisters, and author of a myriad of scholarly publications on writing, race, gender equality, and pop culture issues including the forthcoming book The Seduction Deduction: Erotica, Intellect, and God- like Transformation in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Currently, she is a Professor of English and teaches Literature, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and Composition in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYQ Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1630450219
• ISBN 13: 9781630450212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96