Award-winning Speak author Laurie Halse Anderson's New York Times bestselling poetic memoir and call to action which garnered eight starred reviews!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about and advocates for survivors of sexual assault. Now inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since hAward-winning Speak author Laurie Halse Anderson's New York Times bestselling poetic memoir and call to action which garnered eight starred reviews!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about and advocates for survivors of sexual assault. Now inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago she has written a critically acclaimed poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying as timely as it is timeless. In free verse Anderson shares reflections rants and calls to action woven among deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Praised as captivating powerful and essential by critics this searing and soul-searching memoir is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp whether aloud online or only in their own hearts. SHOUT speaks truth to power in a loud clear voice--and once you hear it it is impossible to ignore.(less)