Danny Lawler, Justin Howell, Michael Folk, Vivian Inman, Kelsie Fletcher, Alex Rauch, Bill Lee

Scars is a unique narrative-in-verse from an accomplished fiction and essay writer. It is the story of a year in the life of a fictional family in the 1960's told through a series of poems 'written' by the 15-year-old poet-daughter, Hope. Madden's themes of loss, betrayal, and family role reversals are engrained in the text; we begin to recognize the voice of each of the family members, as the narrator relates the events of a dark year in their lives. The scars are literal, figurative and emotional. They form a sort of bond of intimacy that binds these characters beneath family tragedy and dysfunction. Deceptively simple in presentation, Scars is clever, unpretentious, and moving

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