All the Beginnings of Everything

by Kindra M. Austin, Christine E. Ray (Editor)

Overview

All the Beginnings of Everything is a tour du force, one woman carrying the kaleidoscope of her family tree. In many ways, phantasmagoric in its debt to allegory, metaphor, and visceral self-talk. It’s a world outside of time, revealing how everything started and the patterns we never see tattooed beneath our skin, multiplying with every choice. All beg the questions, what is fate, and what is within our control? Can we save ourselves and others from prior outcomes? Will the tapestry of our ancestors dictate our own destiny, irrespective of our effort to be free?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732800090
Publisher:	Indie Blue Publishing LLC
Publication date:	07/27/2019
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Kindra M. Austin is an author, editor, and micro-publisher from Chesaning, Michigan, USA. Her debut novel was published in April, 2017. To date, Austin has published two poetry books (Constant Muses, and TWELVE, rated five stars by Readers' Favorite), a novel (Magpie in August), and one novella (For You, Rowena). She is currently working on a second novel (Royce with the Rose Gold Hair) to be released in early 2020.

Other publications include several poems featured on SpillWords; contributions to Sudden Denouement Anthology Volume I, Swear to Me, and All the Lonely People; and four essays and articles advocating for LGBTQ rights, printed in the Ohio Mansfield Pride magazine. She also contributed to, and served as one of four editors for We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Essay, and Art.

Table of Contents

part I

on Family, Here and Elsewhere 3

part II

on the Metaphysical 27

part III

on the Depraved 43

part IV

on Salvation 59

part V

on Bad Love 79

part VI

on Love-Love 105

part VII

on My Ever Changing State of Mine 115

Editorial Reviews

"Austin has, yet again, created a masterpiece. All the Beginnings of Everything is a sensational collection which spans what feels like a lifetime. Separated into seven parts, Austin explores more in this collection than I feel she ever has done before, without sacrificing her trademark style. Her words remain sharp, raw and honest."

-Kristiana Reed, Between the Trees

"Intense, melancholic and at once, encapsulating love; Austin’s journey comes full circle. The entire book is testament to the strength of a feminine spirit this world cannot entice to stay quiet. For that, we are all better off."

-Nicholas Gagnier, The Olivia and Hale series

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