Honey and Vinegar

Part memoir, part journal entry, and part poetry collection, Honey and Vinegar offers the reader a rare insight into the catharsis of creation in the wake of tragedy. Milwaukee poet, playwright, and teacher Linetta Davis provides an unsparing account of her intense grief at the sudden death of her father-a grief that at times robs her of her very will to live.Honey and Vinegar is the story of Davis's journey from despair to acceptance of both the sweet and the bitter aspects of life, aided by her faith, her poetry, and the love that she begins to realize has surrounded her all along.

Linetta Davis is a Wisconsin certified teacher. Born in Arkansas, her mother and grandmother moved the family to Milwaukee in 1976 where she has been a resident ever since. Davis received her bachelor’s in English from UW-Milwaukee in 1999, her post-baccalaureate certification from the same in 2001, and her Masters of Education in Administration and Supervision from National Louis University in 2010. Linetta Davis is also an actress, a director, performance poet, and creator of RebirthInk, an inspirational education firm that offers writing workshops and motivational messages to children, the bereaved, and the survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence. Her first play, ＂A Black Woman’s Burden: Her Journey from Pain to Freedom＂ (2010) is a compilation of Davis’s poetry written from the late 1990s to the early 2000s.