Writers On The Edge: 22 Writers Speak About Addiction and Dependency

by Diana M. Raab (Editor), James Brown (Editor), Jerry Stahl (Introduction)

Overview

Writers On The Edge offers a range of essays, memoirs and poetry written by major contemporary authors who bring fresh insight into the dark world of addiction, from drugs and alcohol, to sex, gambling and food. Editors Diana M. Raab and James Brown have assembled an array of talented and courageous writers who share their stories with heartbreaking honesty as they share their obsessions as well as the awe-inspiring power of hope and redemption.

CONTRIBUTORS: Frederick & Steven Barthelme, Kera Bolonik, Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, Maud Casey, Anna David, Denise Duhamel, B.H. Fairchild, Ruth Fowler, David Huddle Perie Longo, Gregory Orr, Victoria Patterson, Molly Peacock, Scott Russell Sanders, Stephen Jay Schwartz, Linda Gray Sexton, Sue William Silverman, Chase Twichell, and Rachel Yoder

From the Reflections of America Series

Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com

SEL006000 Self-Help : Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism
SEL003000 Self-Help : Adult Children of Alcoholics
PSY038000 Psychology : Psychopathology - Addiction

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013730274
Publisher:	Loving Healing Press
Publication date:	01/07/2012
Series:	Reflections of America , #12
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
File size:	450 KB

About the Author

About the Editors
Diana M. Raab, an award-winning memoirist and poet, is author of six books including Healing With Words and Regina’s Closet. She’s an advocate of the healing power of writing and teaches nation-wide workshops and in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.

James Brown, a recovering alcoholic and addict, is the author of the memoirs, The Los Angeles Diaries and This River. He is Professor of English in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at California State University, San Bernardino.

Editorial Reviews

"Open to any piece in this collection, and the scalding, unflinching, overwhelming truths within will shine light on places most people never look. Anyone who reads this book, be they users or used, will put it down changed. And when they raise their eyes from the very last page, the world they see may be redeemed, as well." --Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight

book jacket - Jerry Stahl

"Writers On The Edge is a thoughtful compendium of first-person narratives by writers who have managed to use their despair to create beauty. A must-read for anyone in the recovery field." --Leonard Buschel, Founder, Writers in Treatment

book jacket - Leonard Buschel

All addictions, at bottom, are the same; and each of us who battles addiction is different. I dove into Writers On The Edge. When I came up for air, I knew that I was in good company.
Mary Sojourner, author
She Bets Her Life: a true story of gambling addiction

book jacket - Mary Sojourner

An honest, unflinching book about addiction from a tough group of talented writers. These hard-hitters know whereof they speak, and the language in which they speak can be shocking to the uninitiated—naked prose and poetry about potentially fatal cravings the flesh is heir to—drugs, booze, cutting, overeating, depression, suicide. Not every¬body makes it through. Writers On The Edge is about dependency, and the toll it takes, on the guilty and the innocent alike.”

book Jacket - Dirk Hanson

Recovery from addiction is, at its core, a deeply personal experience rooted in shared pain and hope among those seeking freedom from their addictive behaviors. Writers On The Edge offers intimate storytelling of such eloquence and insight that readers will be left with genuine insight into the power and complexity of this destructive but fascinating human condition. This book is a must-read for anyone wanting the real-life inside scoop on the human side of what addiction is all about.”

book jacket - Arnold M. Washton