First published 2022
This collection brings together diverse voices responding to collective trauma. Contributors work across multiple forms including essays, memoir, poetry, fiction, and comics. They examine wounds both personal and societal, made worse by recent political destruction and global health crisis. The anthology spans wide terrain: from Salem witch trials to climate catastrophe, from the Capitol siege on January 6 to questions of gender identity. Writers investigate Western medicine's failures alongside its possibilities. They confront the interconnected violence of racism, sexual abuse, and colonialism. Each piece approaches the question of restoration differently. No contributor claims to hold the complete solution. Together, these varied perspectives sketch a hopeful path forward for recovery and renewal.
Genres: fiction, essays, anthologies, contemporary, poetry, non-fiction, 21st-century, activism
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: diverse-voices, found-family, varied-perspectives
Setting: Capitol, Salem
Period: January 6, Western
172 pages · Kindle Edition · Boston Review
Content warnings: abuse, colonialism, racism, sexual-assault