A Quick interview with Gina Duran
“I want people to see that violence creates more violence. I grew up being frisked…I saw trauma inside and outside of my home and was told that wasn’t trauma.” Continue reading A Quick interview with Gina Duran
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And So The Wind Was Born by Gina Duran (Flowersong Press)
“Duran comes to terms with dealing with generational trauma, a culture that has ill-defined her identity, and a desire to understand who she is after she has lost a daughter.” Continue reading And So The Wind Was Born by Gina Duran (Flowersong Press)
A Night of Community and Celebration
By Brian Dunlap
Poets and book lovers braved L.A.’s rush hour traffic. It was a Thursday. February 27th. The destination was Diehl Marcus & Company in Hollywood, a Curio Dealer and Event Space of finely curated antiques, home decor and accessories from around the world. The crowd arrived for Ingrid M. Calderon-Collins’ release party for her poetic memoir Let The Buzzards Eat Me Whole.
Book Review: Let the Buzzards Eat Me Whole
By Scott Neuffer
FROM: Trampset
My wife tells me not to talk about it: her trauma. She survived the dirty wars in Peru. If you talk, you die, she tells me. People don’t talk about it. The dead are dead. The living go on. Sorry, it’s not my place, I say. But these ghosts. I can feel them.
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