• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

The Poetry Box

  • About
    • Mission
    • What’s in a Name?
    • Meet the Team
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
  • Contests & Awards
    • The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize 2025
    • 2024 Winners
    • 2023 Winners
    • 2022 Winners
    • 2021 Winners
    • 2020 Winners
    • 2019 Winners
    • 2018 Winners
    • Pushcart Nominees
  • Publishing
    • Poetry Books, Chapbooks, & Illustrated Collections
    • Testimonials from Authors
  • The Poeming Pigeon
  • Events
    • The Poetry Box – LIVE
    • Our YouTube Channel
    • All Events / Readings
  • Newsletters
  • Bookstore
    • All Books
    • Overstock Sale
    • Art Prints
  • Cart
Uprooting: Leaving the Cycle of Abuse
Uprooting: Leaving the Cycle of Abuse - Image 2
Uprooting: Leaving the Cycle of Abuse - Image 3
Uprooting: Leaving the Cycle of Abuse - Image 4
Uprooting: Leaving the Cycle of Abuse - Image 5
Uprooting: Leaving the Cycle of Abuse - Image 6

Uprooting: Leaving the Cycle of Abuse

by Jade Rosina McCutcheon & Kristin Thomas

Released: Sept 15, 2023
Purchase Here
SKU: 978-1-956285-41-3 Categories: Anthologies, New Releases & Pre-Orders, Poetry Collections, Specialty Items

Share to Social Media:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • More
  • Email
  • Tumblr
  • Description
  • Additional information
  • Reviews (0)

Description

“This book is for any woman who has experienced domestic or sexual abuse, for the people that love them, and those who are still seeking a way to escape from an unhealthy relationship or abusive environment.”
~Shawn Aveningo Sanders, publisher

Uprooting: Leaving the Cycle of Abuse

Jade Rosina McCutcheon & Kristin Thomas

Uprooting: Leaving the Abuse Cycle is a full-color anthology of poems, visual art, and stories from survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. The book is framed around Portia Nelson’s famous poem “Autobiography in Five Chapters” (from the memoir There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk) and offers helpful information and resources for women looking to leave and recover from a cycle of abuse.

Jade Rosina McCutcheon and Kristin Thomas are the curating editors of Uprooting: Leaving the Abuse Cycle. They are passionate about volunteering their time to help women escape dangerous environments and get the help needed to recover from the trauma of abuse. As writers and artists themselves, they know how the act of creation and sharing can be a powerful force for healing, and therefore reached out to their communities to invite poets, writers, and artists to share their work as it relates to this important topic.

McCutcheon and Thomas have also done extensive research to include helpful information for leaving the cycle of abuse including how to build healthier relationships, recognize the dynamics of power & control and gaslighting, the effects of trauma on the brain and behavior, healthy exercises for healing, navigating the legal system, uplifting encouragement, and a vast list of resources for finding additional support.

Contributing Artists, Poets & Writers:

Diana Blackstone-Helt, Candice Campo, Dale Champlin, K. Commander, Frances Greenwood, Summer Harlan, Jarmac, Jayme Sue, Marilyn Johnston, Sherri Levine, Ann L. Lovejoy, RMae, L. Medsker, Kelley Morehouse, Susan Woods Morse, Shannon Rose Riley, Shawn Aveningo Sanders, Rebecca Smith, Cassandra Sumner, and many other brave women who shared their stories but choose to remain anonymous

Early Praise for Uprooting:

The anthology, Uprooting, contains the record of over 21 women who bear witness to the wretched destruction caused by emotional and physical abuse. But—most significantly—the collection also offers proven ways to escape and transcend such devastation. Daughter, mother, wife, these writers and visual artists—many published for the first time—reach out to other women, providing a tested path toward an abuse-free life. This sisterhood extends a lifeline to other sisters.

—Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita

About the Editors:

Jade Rosina McCutcheon holds a Doctor of Creative Arts and a PhD in feminist film studies. She is a recipient of the Kay Snow Award and received honorary mentions from Kay Snow and the National Federation of Poetry Societies. Jade works with Sable House part time as an advocate and support facilitator. Publications include books, Awakening the Performing Body, Embodied Consciousness Performance Technologies, Narrative in Performance, and chapters in edited, peer reviewed journals and books. Small Feather was published in 2020 and the tossing dream comes out in May 2023, both with by Finishing Line Press. Her poetry has appeared in /pãn| dé| mïk/ 2020: An Anthology of Pandemic Poems, Beyond Words, and in The Silent World in her Vase. She is a member of the Mid Valley Poetry Society, The Salem Poetry Project, Artists in Action and the Oregon Poetry Association. Website: jaderosinamccutcheon.com

Kristin Thomas is a native Oregonian whose biggest accomplishment and source of pride is her children and grandchildren. This is her first-time writing poetry, and she finds the lines often write themselves during her early morning meditation and prayer. She is a survivor of childhood abuse, domestic violence, and sexual violence. Beyond writing, she enjoys being in the forest, near any body of water and laughing.

BISAC Categories:
SEL001000 – Self-Help / Abuse
BIO026000 – Personal Memoir
POE024000 – Poetry / Women Authors

Sample Pages:


Like this:

Like Loading...

Additional information

Weight 11 oz
Dimensions 9.25 × 7.5 × .4 in
ISBN

978-1-956285-41-3

Pages

112

Wholesale

Bookstores can order via their preferred channels for Ingram, AFTER official release date of Sep 15, 2023.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “Uprooting: Leaving the Cycle of Abuse” Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related products

  • Sale! CoverFront-BetweenStatesOfMatter

    Between States of Matter

    $16.00 Original price was: $16.00.$7.00Current price is: $7.00.
    Add to cart
  • The Way a Woman Knows

    Buy Paperback or Kindle on Amazon
  • Giving Ground

    $12.00
    Add to cart
  • Sale! CoverFront-CatchingNarcissus-web

    Catching Narcissus

    $16.00 Original price was: $16.00.$7.00Current price is: $7.00.
    Add to cart

Footer

Gold Logo  

Email:
Shawn@ThePoetryBox.com

Talk/Text:
(530)409-0721

The Poetry Box Newsletter Signup

Calls for Submissions, New Releases, Publishing Opportunities, Readings





CLMP logo
Copyright © 2025 The Poetry Box · Site Designed by Shawn Aveningo Sanders · Powered by Genesis
%d