Chicagoan Tackles Family Dysfunction In Her New Memoir

12/04/2024 17 min
Chicagoan Tackles Family Dysfunction In Her New Memoir

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Episode Synopsis

Life wasn’t always easy for poet Nikki Pitan, who grew up with domestic violence, and fatphobia affecting her self esteem in her far South Side home. She tells Reset about how her new memoir outlines her lifelong journey of healing and breaking those generational cycles.

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