- 1st Place Winner, Poetry Category: 2018 IndieReader Discovery Awards - An unimportant figure, in the big scheme of things, writes this to you from beyond the grave. It says, ?I wasn?t very important, in the big scheme of things. You don?t know my name, or face. You?ve never heard of me, I?m just another soul lost to history But I loved someone very much, And that?s all that matters.?- from ?Perpetual Autumn,? pg. 40 Out of Something Ugly is an award-winning book of poetry documenting the ramifications of child abuse and neglect on a person?s psyche, along with the mind's inspiring, tireless ability to endure and survive. The content in this collection was written over a ten-year span, starting from the creator?s adolescence and continuing into her mid-twenties. The cornerstones of this work include struggling with self-loathing and loneliness, processing the conflicting and overwhelming emotions felt toward the original abuser, and pushing ever onward to try to find a way out of the dark. Out of Something Ugly?s mission is to draw beauty and meaning from ugly experiences so as to transform them and turn
- 1st Place Winner, Poetry Category: 2018 IndieReader Discovery Awards - An unimportant figure, in the big scheme of things, writes this to you from beyond the grave. It says, ?I wasn?t very important, in the big scheme of things. You don?t know my name, or face. You?ve never heard of me, I?m just another soul lost to history But I loved someone very much, And that?s all that matters.?- from ?Perpetual Autumn,? pg. 40 Out of Something Ugly is an award-winning book of poetry documenting the ramifications of child abuse and neglect on a person?s psyche, along with the mind's inspiring, tireless ability to endure and survive. The content in this collection was written over a ten-year span, starting from the creator?s adolescence and continuing into her mid-twenties. The cornerstones of this work include struggling with self-loathing and loneliness, processing the conflicting and overwhelming emotions felt toward the original abuser, and pushing ever onward to try to find a way out of the dark. Out of Something Ugly?s mission is to draw beauty and meaning from ugly experiences so as to transform them and turn