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Introduction
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Interview with Kelly Sundberg
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Interview with Juliette Myers
"Do not fear – there will always be a poem, another long drive home and a hand to hold even if it’s your own. It is brave to feel loneliness and not shake in the face of it." -Jessica Therese
"The love is still yours, even when it is not given back to you. One day, you will believe yourself when you say you’ll survive it." -Caitlyn Siehl
"All the things I want to do/ All the people I want to be/ Sometimes I am so concerned/ with changing/ that I do not appreciate Me" -Lora Mathis
"I will not be pretty for you. Do not tell a writer how to shape language into a book. You cannot say you are afraid of fire when you hand me the match and then expect me to apologize for lighting it." -Kristina Haynes
Read the introduction to Issue Six, written by Founder and Editor-in-Chief Meggie Royer and our interviews with Kelly Sundberg and Juliette Myers.
Persephone's Daughters is a survivor-founded & majority survivor-run literary and arts journal for abuse survivors of all gender identities. The journal is named for Persephone, the Greek goddess of vegetation and the queen of the Underworld, who was abducted by Hades, the King of the Underworld, and separated from her family. This abduction is often referred to as the Rape of Persephone. Our previous contributors have included but are not limited to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, abusive international marriages, child abuse, incest, human trafficking, child sexual exploitation, and harassment. We seek to uplift the voices of those pursuing peace after trauma, and to provide community and calm through healing art and storytelling. We strive to unburden the grief and magnify the resilience of survivors in hopes that their wisdom will shape a world free from violence. Thank you for being here.