Book of Gods and Grudges Quitab Editions and the ever-present need for

and the ever-present need for empathy

Someone Bought the House on the Island: A Dream Journal and Sea Change: An Example of the Pleasure Principle

they take us to the essence of who we are

Lisken Van Pelt Dus and Sharon Venezio reveal the best of their work and their underlying philosophies

Book of Gods and Grudges Quitab Editions and the ever-present need forJessica Walsh's Book of Gods and Grudges tells a tale of generational trauma and transcendence. She declares early on that "My first kin were killers," people for whom "burnout was a luxury" they could not afford. Her speaker struggles through illness and sobriety and grappling with God as a problem she tries to solve as she finds her own calling. The poems are unflinchingly honest and impeccably crafted. They show us what it means to stay "flagrantly