First Edition, 2014, first printing, INSCRIBED by the author on the first page: "To Cindy-- in celebration of family, friends &amp; life! Armen Bacon", an otherwise like-new, unread, unworn, hardly opened, unmarked trade softcover, from The Press, CSU. By Armen Bacon. Note that we didn't scan the full page with the author inscription to avoid breaking the spine at that point. ISBN 978-0-912201-49-8

My Name is Armen - A Life in Column Inches

Armen Bacon

The Press at California State University, Fresno

"I am sitting in my usual position, the bottom half of me planted on a battered swivel chair whose flimsy arms have propped me up and survived a full range of mood swings since 2003 when I began writing. Many of you have traveled with me, reading Volume I of this series - my rants and raves, the good, bad, and ugly - but nevertheless the stuff from which real life is made. It is early afternoon as I huddle in my creative space, a tiny alcove area nestled near the bad wall of the master bedroom. Invited to pen a twice-a-month column offering commentary on life's journey and the world here at home, I pause in deep reflection. I am a story teller, a memory-keeper, but what, I quiz myself, should I write about first?" Armen Bacon, made her authorial debut with the powerful memoir, "Griefland - An Intimate Portrait of Love, Loss and Unlikely Friendship" (Globe Pequot Press, 2012), and published her second book, "My Name is Armen - A Life in Column Inches" (The Press at California State University, Fresno in 2014. "My Name is Armen (Volume II), Outside the Lines," takes readers beyond the margins of everyday life - always circling back, returning home - celebrating the resilience of the human spirit.

My Name Is Armen Volume II, Outside the Lines

"This book contains a collage of modern day survival stories serving as an anthology for living - showing readers how surviving the worst day of ones life holds the potential for making us more human, better stewards of the planet and each other. Daring to Breathe provides an honest glimpse into the lives of those who have survived and continue to survive - noting a new visual acuity, a razor sharp focus, something that allows each to see their lives through a new lens. This book honors both the men and women whose grief is in an advanced stage and their scars - which, over time, have become marks of distinction, even beauty marks. Essay contributors write about being more - more alive, more real, more awake, more loving, and more authentic. And finally, contributors give their readers permission to be happy again - embracing life, love, and all that remains. This book offers a chorus of hope through the memories of shock, loss and disbelief to glimmers of hope, resilience, and personal transformation. The stories shared in this book include moments of transition and transformation, of rebirth when the intensity of pain began to shift, sometimes in tiny increments, other times with dramatic clarity. Readers will be buoyed by the rich and diverse sampling of trials, turmoil and transition - discovering that each of the writers has found a unique way to navigate his/her journey of loss and sorrow to inspiration and personal transformation. These are testimonials that underscore that a rich new life can emerge from the rubble of catastrophe"--

Daring to Breathe: Stories of Living with the Foreverness of Grief

Nancy Miller

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My Name is Armen - A Life in Column Inches

My Name Is Armen Volume II, Outside the Lines

Daring to Breathe: Stories of Living with the Foreverness of Grief