"Secrets and Lies is a testament to the brilliance and bravado of Julie Anderson's profound creative mind, and complete willingness to expose herself on a raw, guttural and brutally honest level. Julie sheds layer upon layer of her life where no subject is off limits; shame, pain, guilt, vulnerability, promiscuity, mental illness, sexual abuse, beauty, regret, loss, family and all things female. With Secrets and Lies, Julie spreads her wings as a poet exposing the underbelly and shadows we keep hidden to survive. She is unapologetic and generous with her powerful verse, sharing the darkest parts of herself. The reader is left both shocked and mesmerized. Her candor and torment leave you breathless; exhaling great sighs of relief. Her poetry is so complex and tragically transparent, even uncomfortable at times. And yet, there is one reoccurring theme throughout Secrets and Lies that speaks to the overwhelming beauty of life, hope."-Jacqueline Cioffa Author of "Georgia Pine" and "The Vast Landscape".
"Secrets and Lies is a testament to the brilliance and bravado of Julie Anderson's profound creative mind, and complete willingness to expose herself on a raw, guttural and brutally honest level. Julie sheds layer upon layer of her life where no subject is off limits; shame, pain, guilt, vulnerability, promiscuity, mental illness, sexual abuse, beauty, regret, loss, family and all things female. With Secrets and Lies, Julie spreads her wings as a poet exposing the underbelly and shadows we keep hidden to survive. She is unapologetic and generous with her powerful verse, sharing the darkest parts of herself. The reader is left both shocked and mesmerized. Her candor and torment leave you breathless; exhaling great sighs of relief. Her poetry is so complex and tragically transparent, even uncomfortable at times. And yet, there is one reoccurring theme throughout Secrets and Lies that speaks to the overwhelming beauty of life, hope."-Jacqueline Cioffa Author of "Georgia Pine" and "The Vast Landscape".