Shout

Laurie Halse Anderson, the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Speak, delivers a fiery poetic memoir and stirring call to action!

The widely read novelist Laurie Halse Anderson is renowned for her courageous portrayal of and support for victims of sexual abuse. Now, twenty years after the publication of her ground-breaking novel Speak, she has written a poetry memoir that is at once relevant and ageless, as vulnerable as it is rallying, motivated by her readers and outraged by how little in our culture has changed. In free verse, Anderson intersperses incredibly intimate, previously unpublished tales from her life with observations, tirades, and exhortations to action. This profound memoir, which is both searing and soul-searching, is a love letter to everyone who has the guts to declare #metoo and #timesup, whether out loud, online, or just in their own hearts. It is also a critique of the shortcomings of our society. It is hard to ignore SHOUT once you hear its loud, clear voice speaking truth to power.