As We Forgive Those by Jessie Ptak

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As We Forgive Those

by Jessie Ptak

$14.99, paper

978-1-63534-191-1

2017

As We Forgive Those stumbles over a young mother’s grief, a grief that comes in many forms as a girl and during the early years of motherhood. As old beliefs die, acceptance, clarification of purpose, and perspective fill the spaces that were once left empty.

Jessie Ptak received her B.A. in Creative Writing from Pace University, where she was awarded the 2010 Hilary Becker Poetry Award. She received her M.F.A. in writing from Lindenwood University in 2016. She has worked as poetry editor at VOX Arts & Literary Magazine and has worked on the editing teams at Her Circle Ezine, Magnolia Journal, and The Lindenwood Review. Jessie was a poetry reader at the 2010 Sigma Tau Delta International Convention and her work has appeared in Chronogram. Her chapbook, As We Forgive Those, was selected as a finalist in Five Oaks Press’s “Our Wish for Blue” 2015 chapbook contest. Jessie resides in the Hudson Valley of New York with her husband and their three free-spirited children.