Avery is a 17-year-old writer whose voice captures the raw beauty of young love and the ache of letting go. A Senior in high school, she balances a busy life of academics, athletics, work, and a passion for the arts where her love for storytelling first found its shape.
In On Loving and Leaving, written in her Junior year, Avery navigates the complex and painful emotions of heartbreak and the quiet strength found in moving forward, an experience that shaped not only her voice, but her sense of self. Each poem reflects her gift for distilling emotional experience into lasting truth. A devoted traveler and thoughtful observer, she writes with a maturity that resonates well beyond her years.
Avery hopes this collection will resonate with anyone who has felt love and loss. Her writing invites readers to reflect, heal, and perhaps even find personal growth in discovering their true selves on the other side of a loss.