Writers on the Edge

<i>Writers On The Edge</i> 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.<br><br>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<br><br><i>Writers On The Edge</i> is a thoughtful compendium of first-person narratives bywriters who have managed to use their despair to create beauty. A must-read foranyone in the recovery field. --Leonard Buschel Founder Writers In Treatment CONTRIBUTORS: Frederick & Steven Barthelme Kera Bolonik Margaret Bullitt-JonasMaud Casey Anna David Denise Duhamel B.H. Fairchild Ruth Fowler David HuddlePerie Longo Gregory Orr Victoria Patterson Molly Peacock Scott Russell SandersStephen Jay Schwartz Linda Gray Sexton Sue William Silverman Chase Twichell andRachel Yoder<br><br><b>About the Editors</b><br>Diana M. Raab an award-winning memoirist and poet is author of six booksincluding <i>Healing With Words</i> and <i>Regina's Closet</i>. She's an advocate of thehealing power of writing and teaches nation-wide workshops and in the UCLAExtension Writers' Program.<br><br>James Brown a recovering alcoholic and addict is the author of the memoirs<i>The Los Angeles Diaries</i> and <i>This River</i>. He is Professor of English in the MFAProgram in Creative Writing at California State University San Bernardino.<br><br>From the Reflections of America Series<br><br>Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com<br><br>SEL006000 Self-Help : Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism<br>SEL003000 Self-Help : Adult Children of Alcoholics<br>PSY038000 Psychology : Psychopathology - Addiction<br>