Sweet Misery

What prompted Cori Brackett to make "Sweet Misery"? Readers of this new book get a more detailed insight into how Cori Brackett connected aspartame to her illness and how it affected her.

An award-winning, published poet with an MFA in Creative Writing, Cori tells this story in "Through the Shadows", an illustrated booklet accompanied by a spoken-word audio CD recording.

To experience "Through the Shadows", readers are asked to become simultaneous listeners to find the place from which the sound of words and their overall imagery become integrated .

On one level, "Through the Shadows" is a scathing indictment of allopathic medicine. On another, it is a rare, vivid glimpse into a life affected not just by one poison, but by a root philosophy that threatens everyone.

While speaking to her past, Cori lays before us the very early discoveries of a world slowly losing its authenticity and sets light to the grotesque manifestation this world has become. Ultimately, a resolution of joy and hope proves to be surprisingly simple.