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Anderson

This person is the author of the poetry memoir entitled SHOUT. She characterizes her childhood as one of uncertainty, unpredictability, and poverty. The central event of the memoir is the violent act of rape this person endures at age 13. In the memoir, this person struggles with and ultimately transcends the trauma she has endured at the hands of her rapists and others who have tried to silence her voice. This person learns that to transcend her pain, she must not only speak it, but shout it.

Anderson's Father

This person suffers from mental illness, likely due, at least in part, to his involvement in the United States military during the aftermath of World War II. This person is said to vanish at one point, since his real whereabouts are not disclosed to the memoir author at the time. Once she reaches adulthood, this person's daughter realizes that this...

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