survivor Archives - So to Speak

I have procrastinated about writing this to you for 45 years. Even now, my heart is pounding and my foot is tapping. I am angry

Carolyn Butcher July 17, 2018

We speak of this over decaf coffee, over countless afternoons as the sunlight simmers, as the shadows stretch slowly like a cat across the carpet…

by Megan LeAnne July 13, 2018

Over the years I chastised myself for being naïve, for inviting him to stay the weekend. That second guessing is what stopped me from telling

by Athena Dixon July 10, 2018

He tapped into all of this. He also took his time to make me believe how special I was in his eyes. He didn’t sweep

by Tammie Wilson July 3, 2018

[to listen to the author read his poetry, click Read More below] Christ He ripped me a new one. As I stared into porcelain

by Alistair Forrester June 29, 2018

In I suppose a pinprick of hope, I look out his windshield wanting it to be true: northern lights or meteor showers or something to

by Sarah Venart June 26, 2018

Click the ‘Read More’ link to listen to the author read her open letter – it’s to herself, and it’s to you: Hey. I know

by Jenn Seager June 22, 2018

Date Rape Actress “You’re just an empty cage, girl, If you kill the bird” – Tori Amos, “Crucify” At sixteen, she felt it when

by Andrea Rogers April 13, 2018

I was two or three years old, and nice Mr. Rubinstein, our elderly neighbor from the next building, was my babysitter. I remember lying across

Sarita Hacohen March 6, 2018

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