The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

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Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Center on Violence and Community

Publications

Tough Times Companion

The Center also has a busy publications program, producing materials for use by survivor groups, theoretical pieces, books, and occasional publications. Foremost of these is Tough Times Companion, produced biennially, a collection of poetry, photography, and essays for people suffering difficult times. It is available free and distributed to hospitals, shelters, clinics, sexual assault centers, and doctors’ offices.

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After Violence

Also available for public use are the After Violence series, small pamphlets that explore the different pains of living after war and other violence, and suggest how people might deal with them.

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