During the Summer of 2004-

Finally, after 13 years of searching...

I found the man who was rumored to be my father- and asked him to take a DNA Test.

While...
I Blogged about it.

Sometimes...
learning the truth about your parent's past ain't easy.


A Gag Reflex.



What happens when a hip Gen X Chick finds out that her dead Mommy was a wild child in the 60's? A Gag Reflex. A dark and wacky DNA adventure written by artist, Cori Crooks, that leaves the reader asking... "Who's your Daddy?"
-Smart Grrl Zine

In A Gag Reflex, Cori Crooks retells her mother's fantastical stories, weaving them together with her own memories of her mother's outrageous behavior. The resulting narrative is an account of one complex woman's life, seen through the eyes of her daughter.
-Sacramento News & Review

"This is not mere prose it is prose that dances to a poet's song."
-Michele Agnew

"The complex relationship of a woman's relationship to her own life...her complicated past, her complicated now, and, most especially, the willful, amazing, awful, undeniable force of human nature that was her mother..."
-Michael K. Willis, Bread & Roses

"I can’t read any of Cori’s posts without imagining her story being translated to the silver screen and aired at Sundance to rapturous applause."
-petite anglaise

"I am riveted and I'd like you to be too."
-Jim, Jim in Tonic

"You inspired me to finish my story on my blog. Thank you. You took away my fears. Thanks to you I'm up and writing it again."
-Alli, 63 Days

"I started reading. It was light and bright outside. My children were playing about me and I had no idea what I was in for. I've finished all 80 pages plus links...and its dark foreboding now. The kids nap. It's quite. I am alone. The feeling of tender sadness mixed with hope fills me up."
-Laurenbove, Mindful Things

"Cori is amazing, Cori has nothin’ to worry about, Cori writes like siouxsie screams. So what’s not to like?"
-Patrick O'Neil, Full Blue Moon Dementia

Finished!

All links updated!