The House on Henry Street APF tracing new circles of light

tracing new circles of light

The poem draws on material from Gill's letters

sixteen years old and estranged from the father he barely knows and on the run from an abusive home life

are focused on the present and future rather than the past

the body-focused repetitive disorders nevertheless cause human suffering that is serious

The House on Henry Street APF tracing new circles of lightChronicles the sweeping history of the storied Henry Street Settlement and its enduring vision of a more just society On a cold March day in 1893, 26 year old nurse Lillian Wald rushed through the poverty stricken streets of New Yorks Lower East Side to a squalid bedroom where a young mother lay dying abandoned by her doctor because she could not pay his fee. The misery in the room and the walk to reach it inspired Wald to establish Henry Street