Description
Poetry. African & African American Studies. Women's Studies. Winner of the Red Mountain Discovery Award. Monica Prince's INSTRUCTIONS FOR TEMPORARY SURVIVAL suggests a path that moves one from suffering to healing. The poems tackle historical trauma, racism, rape, and depression—all explain that pain is meant to inform, not define, one's life. Rather than ask us to live in a constant state of survival, or give up entirely, this collection shows the many ways we can save ourselves, while revealing the secrets that require a rescue in the first place.
Author Bio
Born and raised in Colorado by Guyanese parents, Monica Prince is the author of the chapbook Letters from the Other Woman (Grey Book Press, 2018) and the managing editor for the Santa Fe Writers Project Quarterly. She teaches activist and performance writing at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, where she writes and produces choreopoems.
Author City: SELINSGROVE, PA USA