Stonecoast Voices

teri elam ~ poet and former Poetry Editor for the Stonecoast Review Where did you grow up and why did you start writing poetry? It was at my neigh­bor­hood school, Terrace Manor Ele­men­tary, in Augusta, Georgia where I fell in love with my first poem,…

Intro­duc­tion This story is a com­po­nent of my third-semes­ter project for the Stonecoast MFA program. The full project—Voices From the Monster’s Belly—deals with the unique poten­tial of oral sto­ry­telling to address trauma and agency for both indi­vid­u­als and com­mu­ni­ties. Though I also con­duct­ed research and…