Through an examination of the poetry of Anne Sexton, Audre Lorde, and Gloria Anzaldua, We Heal From Memory paints a vivid picture of how our culture carries a history of traumatic violence - child sexual abuse, the ownership and enforcement of women's sexuality under slavery, the transmission of violence through generations, and the destruction of non-white cultures and their histories through colonization. According to Cassie Premo Steele, the poetry of Sexton, Lorde, and Anzaldua allows us to witness and to heal from such disparate traumatic events."

This is a collection of poems written by Cassie Premo Steele as part of her Co-Creating practice. They focus on opening oneself to the creative process and finding one's voice. The poems were written for writers, readers, artists, musicians, and anyone who is inspired to create.

A compelling novel that intertwines the stories of people from Ireland, India, and America, their lives touched by the untold stories of global immigration. Claire is the American wife of an executive in the World Bank, living in Dublin during the economic boom times. Brigid is a single Irish woman who, after spending most of her adult live working as a midwife on Native American reservations, is now returning home to Ireland. Padmaj is a man, originally from India and now an Irish citizen, who owns a restaurant in Dublin. As they connect with each other across cultural differences and learn...

Award-winning writer Cassie Premo Steele explores motherhood and creativity in this powerhouse collection of poetry. Steele invites readers into her living room for an intimate conversation about the very essence of the personal. What does it mean to be a woman, an artist, and a mother? These poems illuminate that question, allowing readers to find their own answers while travailing all that terrain at their own pace and from their own perspectives. Required reading for anyone interested in the interplay between physical and metaphoric birth, the meaning of creativity, and the definition of...

"We Heal From Memory" shows how poetry allows us to witness to and heal from traumatic histories, both individual and collective.