"Long Story Short: from foster care to fame"
poems & short stories too big for the stage and too long for three minutes

I've known Bethsheba Rem over a decade; her drive to share a gift was both evident and
clear on day one. When a writer has the moxy and chops to bathe in what most consider
the ether of discomfort; that which is yet, for a few of us, you know those of us who bask
in exposing our innards for the greater good: Ms. Rem has long written well enough to
simultaneously move souls and help minds wax toward true light.
-Taalam Acey MBA Rutgers University Internationally Acclaimed Poet & Political Activist

"In Long Story Short From Foster Care to Fame," Bethsheba A. Rem is so
unapologetically herself. She offers no buffers. No filters. No edits. She graces the page
with her most raw, authentic, and uninhibited honesties, stories, and realities. She
embraces a style of ancient epic poetry: extended in its storytelling - full, expansive, and
vast. No moments are left unnoticed. No details are left untouched. Bethsheba has used
her pen, her voice, and her words to usher us towards a glimpse of her soul. What a
triumph - no morsel of her body silenced in her telling of her journey. If only we could all
be so brave - no matter what our own truths."
- Caroline Rothstein M.S. Graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

A wryly witty and complex portrait of a post-black, hip-hop, pro-fem champion of offbeat
outcaste everywhere; Her work is a hybrid: part narrative, part spoken word on page.
Bethsheba vacillates between glee and pain--love and anger--her contradiction is her
strength. Her poems are bullets that pierce vessels. We are forever disarmed"
-Khalilah Ali Ph.D author "The Dao of Womanist Hip-Hop"

Edited by: Louis Reyes Rivera, Stacie Boschma, and Red Summer
Original cover art by: Jaha Zianabu
Lay out by: Akin “Shadow” Sawyer

Forward by Louis Reyes Rivera (Rest in Power)

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Chicago, IL 60615
*Thank you, Red Summer