Facing the Beast is a story of the mind depicting grief, mental illness, and the effects of child sexual abuse.
How does the mind continue to unravel after enduring years of abuse as a child? How does one try to cope with that leftover trauma along with added unresolved grief? Written in a snarky collection of thirty poems, some of which are simple illustrations, readers have a chance to get inside the author’s head and witness a damaged woman’s struggle to overcome these tragic experiences.
This chapbook brings forth difficult and uncomfortable subjects to the table, with just the right hint of sarcasm and dark humor.
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Author Bio:
Jackie Bluu is a poet and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She received a BA in Anthropology at SUNY Purchase and a Masters in Publishing at Pace University. During the week, she works full-time as a book publicist at Columbia University Press, and on weekends as the editor of FishFood, a literary and arts zine.
Jackie has been published in Emotional Alchemy Magazine, Jawbreaker Zine, Awakenings, Laurels & Bells Literary Journal, and Polemical Zine. Her chapbook ‘Facing the Beast’ was published in January 2019 and ‘My Dear Melancholia’ in May 2020.
You can find more of her work, mostly poetry, on her Instagram page, @jackie_bluu.