Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation (Reflections of America)

"...a perfect genius that makes the impossible in expression, possible; the unknowable in experience, knowable" --Anya Achtenberg, author of The Stories of Devil-Girl Nickels follows a biracial girl named "Little Miss So and So", from age 4-1/2 into adulthood. Told in a series of prose poems, Nickels' lyrical and inventive language conveys the dissociative states born of a world formed by persistent and brutal incest and homophobia. The dissociative states enable the child's survival and, ultimately, the adult's healing. The story is both heartbreaking and triumphant. Nickels is the groundbreaking debut of Minneapolis-area author and artist Christine Stark. "Christine Stark has crafted a language and a diction commensurate with the shredding of consciousness that is a consequence of childhood sexual abuse. She brings us a wholly original voice in a riveting novel of desperation and love. Every sentence vibrates with a terrible beauty. Every sentence brings the news." --Patricia Weaver Francisco, author of Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery "To be taken into the mind of a child can be an enchanting adventure, but to be taken into the mind of a child who is abused, confused, and taken for granted is a lingering, livid journey. I applaud her fortitude to bring an olden--too long ignored-- truth out of the darkness with blazing, innovative light." --MariJo Moore, author of The Diamond Doorknob "In Nickels, Christine Stark, powerfully portrays the story of abuse and its impact on our lives. When this beautifully written and compelling story leaves, you are left wanting more. It's riveting; a book that will capture you from the beginning and carry you through the end. Everyone should read this book." --Olga Trujillo, author of The Sum of My Parts From the Reflections of America Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com Learn more at www.ChristineStark.com FIC044000 Fiction : Contemporary Women FIC018000 Fiction : Lesbian SOC010000 Social Science : Feminism &amp; Feminist Theory

Literature & Fiction

Stark, Christine

United States

Modern History Press

"...a perfect genius that makes the impossible in expression, possible; the unknowable in experience, knowable" --Anya Achtenberg, author of The Stories of Devil-Girl Nickels follows a biracial girl named "Little Miss So and So", from age 4-1/2 into adulthood. Told in a series of prose poems, Nickels' lyrical and inventive language conveys the dissociative states born of a world formed by persistent and brutal incest and homophobia. The dissociative states enable the child's survival and, ultimately, the adult's healing. The story is both heartbreaking and triumphant. Nickels is the groundbreaking debut of Minneapolis-area author and artist Christine Stark. "Christine Stark has crafted a language and a diction commensurate with the shredding of consciousness that is a consequence of childhood sexual abuse. She brings us a wholly original voice in a riveting novel of desperation and love. Every sentence vibrates with a terrible beauty. Every sentence brings the news." --Patricia Weaver Francisco, author of Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery "To be taken into the mind of a child can be an enchanting adventure, but to be taken into the mind of a child who is abused, confused, and taken for granted is a lingering, livid journey. I applaud her fortitude to bring an olden--too long ignored-- truth out of the darkness with blazing, innovative light." --MariJo Moore, author of The Diamond Doorknob "In Nickels, Christine Stark, powerfully portrays the story of abuse and its impact on our lives. When this beautifully written and compelling story leaves, you are left wanting more. It's riveting; a book that will capture you from the beginning and carry you through the end. Everyone should read this book." --Olga Trujillo, author of The Sum of My Parts From the Reflections of America Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com Learn more at www.ChristineStark.com FIC044000 Fiction : Contemporary Women FIC018000 Fiction : Lesbian SOC010000 Social Science : Feminism & Feminist Theory

LGBTQ+ Books

Als "Tempeldirnen" und "Lustknaben" sind sie in BibelÃ"bersetzungen zu finden. Aber gab es sie wirklich, die sogenannten Tempelprostituierten? FÃ"r den Alten Orient wird dies schon lange in Zweifel gezogen. Das Alte Testament jedoch soll Kultprostitution bezeugen, und zwar als TÃ¤tigkeit der Qedeschen. Die vorliegende Untersuchung widmet sich dieser alttestamentlichen Gruppe in detaillierten Exegesen zu sÃ¤mtlichen Belegen Ã"ber das Qedeschen-Wesen und kommt zu dem Ergebnis: Die Vorstellung von Kultprostitution speist sich aus einem Forschungsmythos. Die alttestamentlichen Qedeschen erscheinen als Kultpersonal aus der Anfangszeit Judas, die mit Opferriten und der Verehrung Ascheras in Verbindung gestanden haben, jedoch nicht als Kultprostituierte i.e.S. bezeichnet werden kÃ¶nnen.

Kultprostitution Im Alten Testament?: Die Qedeschen Der Hebraischen Bibel Und Das Motiv Der Hurerei (Orbis Biblicus Et Orientalis, 221) (German Edition)

History

Europe

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co

Surrounded by the Word of God

Arts & Photography

Walsh, Cheryl

Martino, Carol

History & Criticism

Independently published

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