A Memoir of Childhood Trauma, Sexual Masochism, and Eventually, a Good Measure of Wellbeing.
“Jonathan David’s searing memoir is written from the depths of his soul. With the precision of an investigative journalist and heart of a poet, he generously offers the reader an unflinching view of his desolation, despair, and his demons. With great perseverance, he is driven by his inherent belief that understanding his mind would ultimately liberate him, as he says, ‘get to the bottom’ of things. A most illustrative account of how insights into early trauma can save one’s life.”
– Ira Brenner, MD, author of Injured Men
Author
Jonathan C. David
Jonathan C. David is a writer, folklorist, memoirist, journalist, ethnomusicologist, and producer. His most recent book is the memoir The Flower from a Poisoned Seed, which explores the psychological roots of BDSM and fetishism, family, trauma, spirituality, and well-being through therapeutic self-awareness and creativity.
Jonathan’s first book is a deeply researched account of the Singing and Praying Bands of Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware called Together Let Us Sweetly Live. He recorded and produced the accompanying album of the bands, and his liner notes for the album were nominated for a Grammy Award. His follow-up book about the Singing and Praying Bands titled On One Accord is slated for release soon, and his second memoir is in the works.
As a journalist, his stories have been featured in The Nation and The Unconvention. He is also a classically trained Indian musician and has spent extensive time living in India. Jonathan currently lives in Philadelphia.
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Bloom
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Starving the Beast: A Left Perspective
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But Just What IS Fascism? (And What Does It Have to Do with Us [or the U.S.])?
With Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, many Americans are terrified that our country is becoming or has become a fascist state. Others are giddy with glee. Some news outlets, however, have doubted that Trump voters really voted for fascism the way members of...
Excerpt from “Together Let Us Sweetly Live”
In the earlier years of the 20th century, according to the older people of today, many African-American residents of tidewater Maryland and Delaware would, in late summer, set aside their tools, leave their cornfields just when the tassels on each stalk turned golden and the tips of each blade changed from green to brown, leave their tomatoes when a soft blush of red appeared on the hard green fruit, allow, for a time, their beans and sweet potatoes and melons to ripen on their own, and make their way by horse and wagon, by car, or by bus to a Methodist camp meeting to attend to their sacred work.