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Ann Bracken

POET. AUTHOR. CREATOR OF POSSIBILITIES.

Month: July 2014

Poet of the Month for August

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Courtesy of Dan Murano and Grace Cavalieri, I am the featured poet of the month at danmurano.com. I hope you enjoy the poems. Thanks to Grace and Dan for featuring my work.

http://danmurano.com/poetry

 

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This is the song I will be singing as we head into the end of summer…

July 29, 2014amusingpoetLeave a comment

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“I have just finished listening to your interview.   You were very eloquent.  Your poems are very effective at conjuring up a picture and the emotion of the moment.  The interview was also educational and gave insight in to the struggles you have had, but indicated that there was hope as you move forward.” Jane T.    
"hope for moving forward."
“This is a terrific collection. “Sometimes a Poet”, “Voices In My Ear”, “Wingless Bird”; are all wonderful poems. It’s hard to choose favorites. All these kids, Angie, Horace, Magic, Ben are vivid in your writing. I hope teachers and school administrators can read these poems and learn something.”
  Peter Dan Levin
A terrific collection
“I just listened to your interview and it was so moving and rich. Your poetry reading is only surpassed by your poetry. Though I think poetry is meant to be read aloud so the reading and the work are really one. Just beautiful. Thank you.” Eileen C.  
A moving and rich interview
” I am able to hear the environment of the prison building as I read one transcript after another of the despair, horror, and hope. There should be a Nobel prize for going into the dark with others who live there on a permanent basis, but then again, darkness is a state of mind. Thank you for your beautiful work, Ann.” ~Patti Tronolone
Beautiful work!
“These are just my first reactions to your wonderful book of poems which I continue to read each day choosing arbitrarily from the riches of your imagination. I just read “Adultery” which made me laugh a lot and yet grieve too for that little girl who brought her honesty and her sins to a priest who hadn’t a clue how to answer or comfort her. And “Mrs. S”. How wonderful to think of that woman after thousands of years of being ignored. It’s a brilliant comment on the egos of men while women… Read more
"I continue to read your poems each day."
Great combo of organization and hands-on opportunity. You are a wonderful facilitator — enthusiastic, welcoming, and encouraging. Kit Turen
"Great combo of organization and hands-on opportunity."
” I couldn’t stop reading Once You’re Inside, your new poetry book. I experienced so many emotions. Frustration, Hope, Anger. Then respect for your courage going into this broken system.” ~Brian England
Couldn't stop reading

“Ann Bracken’s evocative memoir powerfully tells of how psychiatry’s diagnoses and treatments can lead to loss, illness, and despair, and how escaping from that paradigm of care can be a starting point for a full and robust recovery.”

~Robert Whitaker, Author of Anatomy of an Epidemic

A starting point for a full and robust recovery

“Crash is a memoir of discovery and resilience. It’s a story of the intergenerational trauma of two generations of children nearly losing their mothers to depression and over-medication. And it’s a wake-up call to re-evaluate how we treat depression and pain.”  ~Desiree Magney

“I read your book cover to cover tonight; I hadn’t meant to read the whole thing, but it is so well-written,,clear ,and  compelling. I would love to have a hard copy to share with students.”     
~ Adriane Fugh-Berman, pharmacology professor at Georgetown Medical School

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