Unveiling Self: A Collection of Student Memoirs - Softcover

St. John, Leslie; Edelstein, Tal; Holub, Lindsey; Lane, Greg; Chan, Kiana; Barrios, Erica Margueritte; Baumann, Tara; Thompson, Maggie; Francis, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150335685X ISBN 13: 9781503356856

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Within the pages of Unveiling Self, you will read about family—dynamics, divorce, how we define ourselves in relation to or in opposition from our parents; the body—masculine/feminine cultural expectations, scars, illness; and the Self: that capital “S” sense of inner knowing. These essays ask tough questions about perfectionism, drugs, approval, brokenness, and personal power. The truths these writers discovered may have come in fragments, pieces of memory blurring into images, voices, and histories; but what they have offered here is a cohesive collection of how they see the world and are unveiling their place within it. The writers invite you to remove the veil and read. Story by story and fragment by fragment, may you see what they all saw, and in that looking, recognize parts of yourself.

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About the Author

A native of Arkansas, Leslie St. John received her MFA from Purdue University, where she served as poetry editor for the Sycamore Review. She is author of Beauty Like a Rope, published by Word Palace Press, and her poems have appeared in various journals, including Cimarron Review, Crab Orchard Review, Florida Review, Indiana Review, Linebreak, Oxford American, Pinch, and Verse Daily. She won the MacGuffin Prize, judged by Thomas Lux, was runner-up for the Florida Review prize, and was nominated by Lisa Lewis and Ai for a Pushcart Prize. Mark Doty chose her poem, “Filling the Egg Carton” as a finalist for the Inkwell prize. Her most recent work appears in Aperçus Quarterly, where she was the featured poet. To view her poems and interview, “That Weaving is Liberation: A Conversation with Leslie St. John,” visit the archives at www.apercusquarterly.com. As a dancer and yogi, she is interested in the intersections between the body, movement, and poetry; her most recent project is Prose and Poses, a yoga and creative writing workshop. She also teaches English at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 150335685X
• ISBN 13: 9781503356856
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 124