Becoming Moon is the poignant coming-of-age story about a young man struggling to be himself amid pressure from a conservative family. Following his dream of becoming a writer, he turns away from everything he knows, and enters adulthood embittered, angry, and resentful. As he struggles to make a name for himself, he is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Although it requires a betrayal of his principles as an artist, he resigns himself to what appears to be fate. The writer's compromise brings money and recognition, but these are fleeting and he soon finds himself caught in a web...

Digging out old notebooks from her past, author B. S. Johnson shares raw, strange emotions that helped pull her through some of the most challenging times in her life. Some of these poems are odd, yes, but all of them are straight from the heart.