Nov 21, 2019 | Memory Piece, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
One trauma folds into another as Meredith Lindgreen explores loss after a miscarriage and an experience with sexual violence. She meditates on a lack of authority or autonomy within her body, and she explores the un-reality that comes from grief in all its different...Nov 7, 2019 | Journal Entry, Katherine Page, Memory Piece, Nightingale, Other, Prose, Uncategorized
In response to our October prompt, Katherine Page returns to a piece of writing that is distinctly connected to her past experience with sexual violence-a journal entry. By focusing on changing just a few words from the entry, she is able to reach back across time to...Nov 7, 2019 | C. Christine Fair, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
C. Christine Fair answers our October prompt by expanding upon her poem “When Uncle Art Babysat for Mom”, published in our most recent issue of Awakened Voices. While the original poem discusses the perpetrating figure of Uncle Art in just a few lines,...Oct 24, 2019 | All Authors, Charity Marie, Nightingale, Prose
“Shadows of Darkness” highlights the un-realities of experiencing an assault, especially when the violence comes from a close relation. With eyes closed, Charity Marie’s escape in darkness feels like it shouldn’t be more than a dream —...Oct 10, 2019 | Jean Cozier, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
The theme of reclaiming is examined with a wider lens in this piece by Jean Cozier, the founder of Awakenings. She writes about the Eastland tragedy that occured in Chicago — specifically, the near-forgotten women on the ship and the ways they suffered due to...Oct 10, 2019 | J. Askew, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
J. Askew’s poetic piece on recovery imagines her yellow bruises as canaries, and magical realism provides a pathway to love of a body that has been through trauma. When these bruises transform into birds — separate living beings to be loved, cherished, and...