Too many grownups tell kids to follow theirĪunt Laurie says follow your nightmares insteadĬause when you figure out what’s eating you aliveįor more insight into the work of Laurie Halse Anderson, check out this interview with her on the 15th anniversary of Speak, her conversation with Courtney Summers on the power of girls’ stories, and dig into a discussion of censorship. Most relationships come with expiration dates Once broken, we’re easily hurt again, or worse

Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by. Now, twenty years later, Shout a poetry memoir about Anderson’s own experience with sexual assault should be required reading for its shattering beauty and. A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019s best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse. SHOUT, my memoir in verse, is out, has received 9 starred reviews, and was longlisted for the National Book Award For bio stuff: Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and adults. Scars may look stronger than unwounded skin Into this seemingly barren literary landscape in 1999 flared Anderson’s novel Speak, a now-classic work about a girl’s depression and silence after being raped when she was 13.

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