Available Now: Too Jagged to Hold is a luminous and intimate debut that traces the long, spiraling path of recovery after sexual violence. With fierce tenderness and vivid imagery, Kristen Hornung writes from within embodied memory, mapping the fractured landscape of trauma, attachment, grief, and healing. These poems offer a resonant presence for anyone who has ever asked themselves, Am I recovered yet?

eBook New Year’s Discount

To celebrate my book being more widely available, I’m offering a Smashwords coupon code now through January 5th, 2026 which allows you to purchase the ebook for only 99 cents on the platforms listed here: https://books2read.com/TooJaggedtoHold
Coupon Code: 6VH9E

Watch a video of me reading “The Alchemist’s Journey, Part I: Putrefacation” from Too Jagged to Hold. This is the first of three poems that create the backbone of this collection and probably my favorite poem of mine (all three parts together).

Here are some of my highlights for 2025:

  • seeing how TJTH resonated with readers through their reviews and private messages to me
  • someone bought a copy of TJTH from Australia and I’m pretty sure I don’t know anyone in Australia…how cool is that!
  • I have released a lot of shame that I hadn’t even realized I was carrying as a result of sharing TJTH with the world and being able to talk about it openly

What I’m looking forward to in 2026:

  • I’ve been playing with some ideas for stories, but I might just write more poetry. I am hoping to spend more time writing in 2026
  • possibly publishing something new!
  • road trips: I’d like to head to the desert in the Spring and norCal in the summer

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