University Professors Press is proud to announce the publication of its latest book, Lullabies & Confessions: Poetic Explorations of Parenting Across the Lifespan by Louis Hoffman & Lisa Xochitl Vallejos. Lullabies & Confessions is the 11th book in the Poetry, Healing, and Growth Series, and is available in print and ebook formats. University Professors Press will hold a Book Release Celebration on Facebook Live on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at 5:00 PST/6:00 MST/7:00 CST/8:00 EST. The event will include an interview with Drs. Hoffman and Vallejos followed by a poetry reading featuring many of the contributors to the book. This is a free event. You can join by visiting the University Professors Press Facebook Page at the time of the event.
Lullabies & Confessions is an exquisite book of poetry about parenting and being parented. This volume includes over 100 poems by 45 different poets. The contributors include award winning-poets, therapists and counselors, and parents. Lullabies & Confessions is entertaining and growth-facilitating. The 11th book in the Poetry, Healing, and Growth Series, this book is designed to help readers experience personal growth and deepen self-awareness on their own experience of parenting and being parented. Also included are several exercises to help readers engage more deeply with the poems and begin writing their own poems about the parenting experience.
The poets included in this volume include Carol Barrett, Felice Aull, John C. Mammone, Shoshauna Shy, Nathaniel Granger, Jr., Lois Marie Harrold, Tom Greening, Daniel Ari, Ellaraine Lockie, Michael Moats, Lois Marie Harrold, and many more.
These pages are filled with the pain and delight of being a parent, a child, a member of humankind. Their words are like liquid love and tenderness, held together by the bittersweetness of fear and loss. So evocative are these gems, that each twinkles with sparks, that reveal the depth of life. They are reminders of what matters most and they will enchant you and touch your heart.
Emmy van Deurzen, PhD
Professor, New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling at the Existential Academy in London
Author, Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice (3rd ed.) and Everyday Mysteries (2nd ed.)
The outstanding Introduction sets the stage for an existential and humanistic immersion into the depths of one of our most impactful and treasured relationships. This extraordinary, heart-centered collection of poignant reflections on the vicissitudes of parenting, being parented, and inclusive family relationships provide intimate glimpses into a nuanced appreciation of the depths of vulnerability, doubt and uncertainty, loss and mourning, the gifts of tenderness and revealing oneself, the delicacy and resilience within life’s challenges and growth opportunities; and the power of hope to heal betrayals and breaches with beloved others. A transformative journey into the heart of the relationship.
Shawn Rubin, PsyD
Past-President, Society for Humanistic Psychology
C0-Editor, Humanistic Psychotherapies: Handbook of Research and Practice
This is a profound and beautiful collection of poetry about parenting across the lifespan…. Engaging to the reader, this collection of poetry offers deep insights into personal growth and awakens memories within us of our own childhood and of our parents.
Barbara Williams, MSW, ACSW
Heather Williams, BSW
Kids’ Workshop™ Staff of the Person-Centered
Institute of Italy
www.kids-workshop.com
Authors of Wisdom of Children