She currently lives in northern New York State. Her works include Speak, Shout, Twisted, The Impossible Knife of Memory, and Catalyst. Laurie Halse Anderson is a poet and author. We should teach our girls that snapping is ok, instead of waiting for someone else to break them. Because when you figure out what’s eating you alive, you can slay it. Auntie Laurie says follow your nightmares instead. Too many grown ups tell kids to follow their dreams, like that’s going to get them somewhere. This is the story of a girl who lost her voice and wrote herself a new one. SHOUT speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice–and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore. Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson 19,301 ratings, 4. Praised as “captivating,” “powerful,” and “essential” by critics, this searing and soul-searching memoir is a denouncement of our society’s failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven among deeply personal stories from her life that she’s never written about before. She was first recognized for her novel Speak, published in 1999. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2010 for her contribution to young adult literature. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a critically acclaimed poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer, known for childrens and young adult novels.

I’m not a fan of poetry, but listening to the audiobook made the poems come alive – adding pauses and inflections.īestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Sharing deeply personal stories, Shout is perfect for the #MeToo era. Twenty years after writing the fictional story Speak, Anderson is stunned at how little has changed. Bestselling poet Laurie Halse Anderson writes her memoir in free verse in this powerful tale of surviving sexual assault.

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