Jun 13, 2019 | Barbara Edema, Nightingale, Prose
Dr. Reverend Barbara Edema revisits The Nightingale with a piece that adds to our prompt to retell fairy tales and myths. She compassionately acknowledges the difficult reality of survivor’s experiences in comparison to the uncomplicated fairy tales we’re...Jun 6, 2019 | All Authors, All Formats, Cassondra Windwalker, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
As our first contribution to The Nightingale’s monthly prompts, this piece is a wise retelling of “The Girl With the Wooden Helmet,” originally of Japanese origin and based on the English version by Andrew Lang. Windwalker, in her new version, looks...May 11, 2019 | Letter, Megan Otto, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
The Nightingale Editor and Awakened Voices Associate Editor Megan Otto shares reflections on April. Reflections on April: Awareness and poetry by Megan Otto April is commonly known as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but it also happens to be National Poetry Month....Apr 25, 2019 | Barbara Edema, Essay, Memoir, my voice, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
Dr. Reverend Barbara Edema has been a frequent contributor to Awakenings publications, and we’re pleased to share more of her encouraging, affirming message. In this piece, Barbara speaks to the ways in which survivors can often find it difficult to share their...Apr 11, 2019 | Memory Piece, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
Jorie Rao delves skillfully into the aftermath of an assault. The piece explores the tiny sensory details that form whole memories and how those memories can grow into large parts of ourselves. Here, the smell of soap in a bathroom takes Rao’s readers through a...Mar 28, 2019 | All Authors, Jean Beal, Nightingale, Prose
The Nightingale returns to the story of Philomela, a woman of myth who was able to find healing through art. Jane Beal offers a skillful telling of the Greek myth, and her analysis provides a modern path of access for these issues that survivors still deal with,...