Shout

Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about and advocates for survivors of sexual assault. 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 poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying as timely as it is timeless. In free verse Anderson shares reflections rants and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Searing and soul-searching this important 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. "Shout" speaks truth to power in a loud clear voice-- and once you hear it it is impossible to ignore.