If the book of Revelations had been scribbled in the diary of a precocious fourteen-year-old girl, the prophecies might look something likeAwe. Dorothea Lasky is a daring truth-teller, naming names and boldly pushing the boundaries of confession. The secrets she tells are truths we recognize in ourselves: Be scared of yourself / The real self / Is very scary."Dorothea Lasky was born in St. Louis in 1978. She is the author of several chapbooks and has attended Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. If the book of Revelations had been scribbled in the diary of a precocious fourteen-year-old girl, the prophecies might look something likeAwe. Dorothea Lasky is a daring truth-teller, naming names and boldly pushing the boundaries of confession. The secrets she tells are truths we recognize in ourselves: "Be scared of yourself / The real self / Is very scary."Dorothea Lasky was born in St. Louis in 1978. She is the author of several chapbooks and has attended Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. " | Awe by Dorothea Lasky, Paperback | Indigo Chapters