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    Allison
    Allison
    Allison
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    Allison

    By Marisa Silva-Dunbar

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    Through an ingenious combination of original poetry by Silva-Dunbar, set like jewels in a crown alongside erasure, found, and remixed writing, Allison is a book not to be trifled with-an eagle-eyed, nuanced, and honest exploration of the real-life character of Allison Mack. Silva-Dunbar's powerful treatment of Mack's lived experience-fr

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQuerencia Press, LLC
    Release dateMay 5, 2022
    ISBN9798869341075
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      Allison - Marisa Silva-Dunbar

      ALLISON

      ALSO BY MARISA SILVA-DUNBAR

      #becky

      When Goddesses Wake

      Allison

      Querencia Press, LLC

      Chicago Illinois

      QUERENCIA PRESS

      © Copyright 2022

      Marisa Silva-Dunbar.

      All Rights Reserved

      No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.

      No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with the written permission of the author.

      Any person who commits any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGNG-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

      ISBN 979 8 98607 880 9

      .

      www.querenciapress.com

      First Published in 2022

      Querencia Press, LLC

      Chicago IL

      Printed & Bound in the United States of America

      The fact is that we have no way of knowing if the person who we think we are is at the core of our being. Are you a decent girl with the potential to someday become an evil monster, or are you an evil monster that thinks it's a decent girl?

      Wouldn't I know which one I was?

      Good God, no. The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.

      ―Derek Landy, Death Bringer

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Pro·em

      Expecting adoration: April 1, 2018

      Elements of you

      Body Stuff

      Genesis

      The Introduction: November 14, 2006

      the deceiver

      December 2nd, 2011: Warrior Heart and Buddha Soul

      December 16th, 2011: 7 Stages

      December 24th, 2011: Gift of Presence

      As an old friend of Allison’s: She needs help ASAP, August 29th, 2017

      January 3rd, 2012: The Cynical Romantic

      February 28, 2012: Full Stop

      March 15th, 2012: What now?

      May 8th, 2012: Mentors

      Love-bombed: November 23rd, 2017

      March 6th, 2014: My Global Museum Tour, Museum #1: The Barnes Museum

      March 14th, 2014: My Global Museum Tour, Museum #2: The Neue Galerie

      Je ne sais quoi

      An accomplice: November 23rd, 2017

      June 25th, 2014: Life & Death

      July 3rd, 2014: Collecting Heroes

      Wonderstruck

      Honey Pot

      November 5th, 2014: You know those days…

      November 10, 2014: Imagine!

      Cracks

      Katabasis

      The Desires of Martyrdom

      May 22nd, 2017: She sits on my throat and makes it hard

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