Jane Berger Herschlag

Holden Russell, Skyfreight Publishing House

"Your writing is deeply evocative and courageous. We were especially struck by your vivid contrasts between past and present—the way you weave sensory details like the scent of Hungarian pound cake and the sounds of childhood with the emotional depth of memory and healing. The narrative’s progression from trauma to empowerment creates a powerful sense of reclamation that fits beautifully with our mission to elevate independent voices and authentic storytelling."

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Awatum Press

"Your poem set is riveting with such powerful storytelling and careful use of diction and enjambment; we could not pass them up. We can imagine how most presses would shy away from your subject matter, but that is exactly why we wish to publish it. People need to know what these experiences are like, so they can have the courage to tell their stories and also have the courage to fight back."
 

Clara Whitmore

"When The Mouth Can't Speak the Body Will is a stunning act of reclamation, a testament to how art can alchemize pain into power. Through your poetry and photography, you reveal what happens when the body carries what language once could not. Each piece reads like a dialogue between wounds and healing, silence and emergence, illness and renewal.
 

Your journey from victim to survivor documented not in theory but through lived expression transforms your book into more than memoir or poetry; it becomes a living anatomy of resilience. In showing how trauma lives in the immune system and how creativity revives it, you remind readers that recovery is both emotional and biological, an art and a science intertwined.
 

As Q.M. Zhang, author of Accomplice to Memory, said, 'Herschlag looks both inside and outside herself, weaving other stories of unspeakable suffering and loss alongside her own, in ways that create shared meaning.'"
 

The Medley / Ostraca – One Red Day to the Next

"Your piece truly stood out - it moved us, made us think, and stayed with us long after we finished reading. We're thrilled to share your work with our readers and have it be a part of the narrative we're curating this time."