Illness & Grace, Terror & Transformation
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Illness & Grace, Terror & Transformation by Heather Tosteson
ILNES & GRACE, TEROR & TRANSFORMATION, Heather Tosteson and Charles D. Brockett, Editors, Wising Up Press. In this contemporary anthology of personal memoirs, stories, and poetry contemporary writers explore themes of illness and trauma and the wide variety of ways in which we respond to them. Authors ponder the impact of cancer, ALS, stroke, juvenile diabetes, dementia, chronic fatigue syndrome, anorexia, accidental death, schizophrenia, PTSD, domestic and sexual abuse on them, their families, friends. The collection will be of special interest to people who have experienced or are experiencing illness or trauma themselves or in those close to them and would like to explore the meaning of these life-challenging experiences further. The book is designed to be read by the general public, and also in reading groups, writing groups, and support groups. It includes an opening essay on how we as readers can listen faithfully to these stories and a closing one for people who would like to explore the ways writing can help us order and integrate powerful life-changing events.
Tosteson, Heather: - HEATHER TOSTESON, a writer and visual artist, is the author of The Philosophical Transactions of Maria van Leeuwenhoek Antoni's Dochter, Sanctity of the Moment: Poems from Four Decades, Visible Signs, Hearts as Big as Fists & Other Stories, and God Speaks My Language, Can You? She has received a Nation/Discovery prize for her poetry and fellowships for poetry, fiction, and photography from MacDowell, Yaddo, VCCA and Hambidge. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing (UNC-Greensboro) and PhD in English and Creative Writing (Ohio University). She has co-edited fourteen Wising Up anthologies, including Crossing Class; Surprised by Joy; Siblings: Our First Macrocosm; Daring to Repair; Complex Allegiances: Constellations of Immigration, Citizenship & Belonging; and View from the Bed: View from the Bedside. She lives in Atlanta with her husband Charles Brockett.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780979655227 |
| ISBN 10 | 0979655226 |
| Title | Illness & Grace, Terror & Transformation |
| Author | Heather Tosteson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wising Up Press |
| Year published | 2007-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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