How to Make Love Stay

by V.A. Graham

A semi-autobiographical collection of poems that tell the of story of love, loss, and surviving sexual violence. This collection will draw you in and evoke raw emotion as you uncover the authors journey of survival as a young adult.

Readers have described this collection as "powerful", "moving", and "heart-wrenching". A reader commented, "this candid and intimate account of the authors young life will have you rooting for her through the very end".

45 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2017

About the author

V. A. Graham is a 23 year old Canadian-American living in the District of Columbia. Graham is a student forensic psychologist who has a passion for writing poetry and short fiction. Fiction genres include crime dramas/thrillers and coming of age tales. Graham has performed some of her work in slam poetry events in the D.C. area and was awarded second place in the 2017 Sexual Assault Awareness Poetry Slam at Busboys and Poets.

Graham will be promoting her first publication at local D.C. bookstores in Summer 2018.