Rape, incest, battery: women writing out the pain

Front Cover......Page 1
Back Cover......Page 2
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 13
A Word About The Writing Cure......Page 15
Introduction......Page 17
Beginnings......Page 18
The Way It Is Now......Page 22
Transcendence And The Writing Cure......Page 24
Structute......Page 26
Silent Woman Speaks......Page 29
Young Night......Page 32
From Open Hantuchcbed Fist......Page 35
Letter To Carlos......Page 42
This Isn’t About Me......Page 46
Alive: A Diary......Page 51
Crying Was My Middle Name......Page 60
Excommunicated......Page 74
Wd You Please Just Take Ten Minutes To Talk To Me!......Page 81
Tbougbts After A Rape......Page 97
Halloween Flashback......Page 102
The School Yard......Page 109
Violation......Page 110
A Name And A Face......Page 111
Daddy‘s Angels Or Sodomy, To Begin With......Page 117
Apologies......Page 122
Dark Pages......Page 127
Baths......Page 131
Mother......Page 142
Adam......Page 143
Home Movies......Page 144
My Father......Page 145
In Which, On The Fourth Anniversary Of His Death I Accuse My Father Of Incest......Page 146
Breakfast With Father......Page 147
Gifts......Page 152
On The Grinding Of Axes......Page 165
Slings......Page 167
Star Sapphire......Page 170
Sisters: A Re/membering......Page 179
Zone Documents......Page 181
Gun Control......Page 188
The Dark Side Of The Moon......Page 189
A Drop Of Scarlet......Page 208
Behind His Walls......Page 213
We Just Played War Au The Time......Page 218
On The Outside Looking In - A Letter Fiom Brenda Whitmire’s Mother......Page 225
Judge......Page 228
Married Lies......Page 229
Betrayal......Page 230
Updatefiom Debbie On Her Caje......Page 234
Free At Last: From A Prison In Colorado......Page 235
Editor's Note:......Page 245
Glossary......Page 247
Letters From An Arizona Prison......Page 248
Arizona State Prison Complex......Page 250
Escaping A Gilded Cage......Page 251
What The Bride Saw......Page 264
A Bar Scene......Page 265
Regeneration......Page 267
Maybe That‘s Why......Page 269
Ascent From A Ring Of Fire......Page 278
Trappings......Page 280
Sparked Contacts......Page 282
Recharged Circuits......Page 283
Fanning The Camp Fire......Page 284
Raking The Coals......Page 285
Kindling......Page 286
Counting Seconds Between Lightning And Thunder......Page 287
Shocked......Page 288
Singed Ties And Live Wires......Page 290
Seizing The Moment......Page 291
Bunt Offering......Page 292
Synergy / Gathering Strength......Page 295
On A Wing And A Prayer......Page 296
Out Of The Ashes......Page 297
Ascent Of The Phoenix......Page 300
Letter To My Friends......Page 302
Woman With Two Children: From The Letters And Diary Of A Formerly Battered Woman......Page 303
The Abuse Of Forgiveness: The Spiritual Doctrine That Keeps Women Down......Page 306
Stepfather: A Catharsis......Page 311
Sanctuary......Page 312
She Said No!......Page 313
Riding Shotgun: Journal Of An Outreach Worker......Page 316
Janud / Anna......Page 320
What The Heart Knows......Page 331
To Etos......Page 333
Morning......Page 334
My Name Is Gloria......Page 335
End Notes......Page 339
Bibliography......Page 343
Suggested Readings......Page 345
About The Editor......Page 349