Still Dancing: A Memoir

by Katherine Davis

In Still Dancing, Katherine Davis tells the story of her early life as a girl determined to grow into a strong and articulate woman despite being hampered by a household of silence and control and by an almost terminal cancer that required a bone marrow transplant in 1986 when she was 16. Out of pain, desire, will, and reflection, she emerges as a figure of resilience, intellect, and art, overcoming adversity to observe the world’s beauty and diversity, and always affirm life’s continuing dance.

183 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 11, 2021

About the author

Katherine Davis has outlived cancer, emotional abuse, and mental and physical turmoil and finds new ways every day to thrive in a world that mostly misunderstands. She stands for hope, persistence, and the power of truth in connection with others. Her chapbook, The Anger Poems, is available for free download from don’t die press: https://www.dontdiepress.org/our-titles/

Katherine earned a Ph.D. specializing in American poetry from Duke University. Her poems have previously appeared in Weber, Stepping Stones, Wild Goose Review, Convergence, Sheila-na-gig, The Oddville Press, Literary Heist, Menacing Hedge, The Laurel Review, s/tick, and BOMBFIRE. She has been nominated for Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize.