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Emily Bilman

Emily Bilman's book of poems titled Resilience explores how humans have the capacity for resilience that allows them to survive trauma. It examines how facing dark aspects of oneself can reveal moments of light, and how exploring life's depths through difficult journeys, like the poems in the collection, can make people stronger rather than break them. The book also suggests that through reading the poems, readers may undergo personal metamorphosis and growth as they follow the journeys of self-exploration within the poems.

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With her skillful use of metaphor and her wonderful use of language and imagery, Emily Bilman, in Resilience, reminds us that our capacity for resilience endows us with the power to survive trauma. The modern Faust, to whom the book refers, defies death through the power of resilience. Like Faust, we have to surpass evil impulses to purify ourselves and reach resilience. As we survive tragedy and misfortune, we begin to evolve personally and grow spiritually. Both literally and metaphorically, the poet draws upon a humanistic premise that extends from the mythological dimension to our contemporary values. The poems in this book show that the poet herself, has been in those hollows of isolation and solitude and risen from them. In the process of reading this book, the reader attains not only an existential resilience based upon his own understanding of man but a personal metamorphosis. Bruce Kauffman, Editor, Author and Poet Kingston, Ontario, Canada In Resilience, Emily Bilman reveals that it is only by fearlessly exploring the darkest aspects of oneself that one can glimpse dazzling shafts of light. Like a deep sea diver, she explores the depths of oceans to return with pearls of great price. This journey to the depths is fraught with danger; it is often safer and more comfortable to skate across the surface of life as so many people do. But as writers such as Joseph Conrad have revealed, there is a human need to gaze into the heart of darkness, no matter what the cost. Poem after poem in this collection, is a journey of self-exploration and by following these journeys, readers undertake their own exploration, not knowing what disturbing insights they may find along the way. As the title of this collection suggests, humans have a mysterious capacity to survive such insights; they need not be broken by them but made richer and stronger. James Knox Whittet, Poet President of the Suffolk Poetry Society P O E T R Y £12.00 Matador® Follow us on Twitter @matadorbooks www.troubador.co.uk Bilman2FullCover.qxp_Layout 1 18/02/2015 11:00 Page 1

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  • 1. With her skillful use of metaphor and her wonderful use of language and imagery, Emily Bilman, in Resilience, reminds us that our capacity for resilience endows us with the power to survive trauma. The modern Faust, to whom the book refers, defies death through the power of resilience. Like Faust, we have to surpass evil impulses to purify ourselves and reach resilience. As we survive tragedy and misfortune, we begin to evolve personally and grow spiritually. Both literally and metaphorically, the poet draws upon a humanistic premise that extends from the mythological dimension to our contemporary values. The poems in this book show that the poet herself, has been in those hollows of isolation and solitude and risen from them. In the process of reading this book, the reader attains not only an existential resilience based upon his own understanding of man but a personal metamorphosis. Bruce Kauffman, Editor, Author and Poet Kingston, Ontario, Canada In Resilience, Emily Bilman reveals that it is only by fearlessly exploring the darkest aspects of oneself that one can glimpse dazzling shafts of light. Like a deep sea diver, she explores the depths of oceans to return with pearls of great price. This journey to the depths is fraught with danger; it is often safer and more comfortable to skate across the surface of life as so many people do. But as writers such as Joseph Conrad have revealed, there is a human need to gaze into the heart of darkness, no matter what the cost. Poem after poem in this collection, is a journey of self-exploration and by following these journeys, readers undertake their own exploration, not knowing what disturbing insights they may find along the way. As the title of this collection suggests, humans have a mysterious capacity to survive such insights; they need not be broken by them but made richer and stronger. James Knox Whittet, Poet President of the Suffolk Poetry Society P O E T R Y £12.00 Matador® Follow us on Twitter @matadorbooks www.troubador.co.uk Bilman2FullCover.qxp_Layout 1 18/02/2015 11:00 Page 1