Shout: A Poetry Memoir Paperback – 10 Mar. 2020

A powerful , heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting memoir like poetry anthology. Beautiful words and phrases abound, but at times the subject matter is dark

This powerful memoir in verse made me gasp out loud numerous times with a gut punch of truth and understanding. I felt seen while reading it. The truth and urgency of it hit me really hard.I expected it to have great emotional impact knowing the power of Speak and that this is the author's courageous own story of surviving rape and living in the #MeToo era; what I didn't expect was how much emotional weight the verses about her childhood and her parents' dysfunction would carry, and how perfectly she could articulate the feeling of alien otherness, the "whiff of disaster" that I felt as a child in a home with alcoholism, abuse, and trauma. I've been reeling from the emotional impact of it for a few days, as her words dredged up an intensity of feeling that I had long buried.I read it first, and then listened to the audiobook, and both were excellent. I so appreciated hearing the poems in the poet's own voice, especially as she plays with language, but I also got a lot out of reading them differently in my own voice.I wish every man in America would read it and thank Laurie Halse Anderson from the bottom of my heart for writing it.

One of the best reads of the decade for women.

Really enjoyed this poetry book, it's very powerful and has an important message.

I missed my train stop, I was so engrossed.As an educator, and frankly, as a human, I have always enjoyed the profound work of Laurie Halse Anderson. I occasionally check-in to see if she has written anything new and was delighted to see Shout when I looked yesterday. I ordered it immediately for kindle.Her memoir brings to light the impact of microaggressions, rape, family dysfunction, and, most notably, the power of resiliency. Her story is one not to be missed, giving voice to the rising #metoo revolution.As a long-time fan, familiar with all of her books, reading the origin of her work shed new light and I plan to read each book again. You do not have to have read her other books to grow as a person from Shout, but definitely, plan on reading Speak.

Anything by L. H. Anderson is good - some is spectacular (except when her first person is male} wome of her books are unfprgetab;le