Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis: Women Writers Respond to the Call

"These are brave and beautiful and riveting pieces that reinforce the absolute truth that art indeed saves lives, and to make art in the midst of war or crisis or any form of turbulence is triumphant. To make things-create things--to 'write, to sing, to dance, to pay homage to grief upon an altar in the corner of our garden, ' as Stephanie Raffelock writes in the introduction, is indeed how we change the world, clean up the messes of hatred and violence and indecency. Making art is life-changing and life-affirming, and this book, this stunning collection, is filled to the brim with that affirmation."

--Amy Ferris, author of Marrying George Clooney, Confessions from a Midlife Crisis

"Want a perfect example of `show, don't tell'? It's this book. Show us that art matters in times of despair. Show us the power of a publisher on a mission to raise women's voices. Show us those women coming together create something beautiful. It's all here in these pages."

--Jennie Nash, founder and CEO of Author Accelerator

"This extraordinary anthology reminds us that, in the end, love always triumphs. It's a gift for each reader and a much-needed balm for our collective heart and soul."

--Debra Landwehr Engle, author of The Only Little Prayer You Need and Twenty