The Clarity of Chaos by Hannah Turner

Hannah Turner brings a new, authentic voice to the poetry of healing. As a young woman who has already experienced the awful powers of addiction, Hannah’s raw and uncompromising lens on her journey offers hope and a path for others who face similar struggles. This important collection can help all of us better understand the way addictive substances might endanger our own lives or the lives of those we love.

–Kate Hutchinson, editor-in-chief of East On Central: A Journal of Arts and Letters; author most recently of A Matter of Dark Matter (2022)

The Clarity of Chaos by Hannah Turner is a raw, luminous collection of poetry chronicling one woman’s courageous journey from the depths of addiction to the triumph of recovery. With searing honesty and breathtaking grace, Turner chronicles the turmoil of alcoholism, the desperate nights and fragile days, and the quiet, unyielding strength it takes to build a new life. Each poem is a testament to the resilience, grit, and fierce spirit she discovered along the way. Now two years sober and a proud graduate of the American University of Paris, Hannah Turner has become a beacon of hope and inspiration to other women facing similar battles. The Clarity of Chaos is a celebration of survival, a journey through the dark to find the light, and an invitation to every reader to embrace the beauty of their own resilience.

–Michael Stinson MFA Author of Labyrinth of Light

Hannah Turner is someone who I would call a deep soul. This was evidenced even when she was my creative writing student as a tween. Wise beyond her years, she still was not immune to the glitter of drugs and alcohol that led to early addiction. And yet, now in her mid-twenties, she already has a story to tell of the temptation and struggle that has led her to sobriety. Hannah is open and honest, in hopes that sharing the unfiltered version of her journey through heartfelt poems will help someone else, too.”

–Kathryn P. Haydon, author of A Love Letter to Deep Souls