“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.” Audre Lorde
A message from the author:
To write is to also speak. There are many stories from many people, and we are here to listen and learn and respond. Here you’ll find a collection of my creative work and reflections.
Alena Willbur Interview with Oregonian journalist Tom Hallman Jr, and her college professor.
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
Emily Dickinson
Blog Posts
Dear Alena
Featured
Human love, true love, and other tangents on love
Is it worth it?
12 years
The Present.
My Ocean Angel Home
“No one will protect you from your own suffering.”
You are not your trauma.
Drinking Life
Introduction: Welcome to a part of my world
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The introduction of my Young Adult fiction novel Our Lost Stars, a story about 17-year-old Persephone who is one of the only surviving members of her family after a tragic car “accident” with her twin brother and father.