- Bass is co-author of million-seller Courage to Heal - Bass considered a pioneer in field of healing from child sexual abuse - Bass has a devoted following - The Human Line confronts many of the profound moral dilemmas of our time—all grounded in human-scale concerns - Bass is popular workshop leader and creative writing teacher - Bass poems have appeared in many national publications including The Atlantic Monthly, Ms., DoubleTake - Who can resist lines like: “A brain / firing one hundred billion neurons / is still bashing its own skull with big rocks.”