Forceps: Poems about the Birth of the Self
Book Details
- Publisher : Karnac Books
- Published : March 2016
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 96
- Category :
Poetry - Catalogue No : 38047
- ISBN 13 : 9781782204107
- ISBN 10 : 1782204105
Also by Wendy Hoffman
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The search for my true past came in distinct waves. This collection of poems includes some from the long period when I knew something was drastically wrong but didn’t consciously know what that was and some from the breakthrough when I discovered my never-bloomed self. The poems cover the outskirts of my awakening, my plowing through and arrival in the middle of awareness. When dissociated memories and emotions exploded inside, eventually they filtered into a poem. The horror transmuted itself. These poems are that record.
I have regained a real, not imposed, self.
About the Author(s)
Wendy Hoffman has published three memoirs, The Enslaved Queen (Karnac Books, 2014, new edition by Aeon Books, 2019), White Witch in a Black Robe (Karnac Books, 2016, new edition by Aeon Books, 2019) and A Brain of My Own (Aeon Books, 2020, Karnac Books 2023). The Enslaved Queen has been translated and published in Germany (Asanger-Verlag, 2021). Her book of poetry, Forceps, was also published (Karnac books, 2016) along with a book of essays, From the Trenches, written with Dr. Alison Miller (Karnac Books, 2018). Her fourth memoir, After Amnesia, is published on the SmartNews and Survivorship websites (2022). Her poetry book Belonging is forthcoming from Kelsay Books, Fall 2023.
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