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Pages: 248
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Impact
Women Writing After Concussion
Edited by E. D. Morin and Jane Cawthorne
In Impact, 21 women writers consider the ramifications of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work that goes into redefining identity and regaining creative practice after a traumatic event. By sharing their complex, non-linear, and sometimes incomplete healing journeys, these women convey the magnitude of a disability which is often doubted, overlooked, and trivialized, in part because of its invisibility. Showcasing a diversity of women's stories, Impact offers compassion and empathy to all readers and families healing from concussion and other types of trauma.
Contributors: Adèle Barclay, Jane Cawthorne, Tracy Wai de Boer, Stephanie Everett, Mary-Jo Fetterly, Rayanne Haines, Jane Harris, Kyla Jamieson, Alexis Kienlen, Claire Lacey, E. D. Morin, Julia Nunes, Shelley Pacholok, Chiedza Pasipanodya, Judy Rebick, Julie Sedivy, Dianah Smith, Carrie Snyder, Kinnie Starr, Amy Stuart, Anna Swanson
Book details
Publication date: September 2021Features: References
Keywords: Concussion; Women Writers; Traumatic Brain Injury; Post-Concussion Syndrome; Recovery; Literary Non Fiction; Disability; Ableism; Healing; Trauma; Grief; Creativity; Caregiving; Sports injuries
Subject(s): LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, Biography, Literature and Literary studies: Anthologies: General, Concussion; Women Writers; Traumatic Brain Injury; Post-Concussion Syndrome; Recovery; Literary Non Fiction; Disability; Ableism; Healing; Trauma; Grief; Creativity; Caregiving; Sports injuries, Family and Health: coping with illness and specific health conditions, Literary Nonfiction, Anthology, Women's Studies, Disability Studies, Anthology / Disability / Women’s Studies
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
Book details
Publication date: September 2021Features: References
Keywords: Concussion; Women Writers; Traumatic Brain Injury; Post-Concussion Syndrome; Recovery; Literary Non Fiction; Disability; Ableism; Healing; Trauma; Grief; Creativity; Caregiving; Sports injuries
Subject(s): LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, Biography, Literature and Literary studies: Anthologies: General, Concussion; Women Writers; Traumatic Brain Injury; Post-Concussion Syndrome; Recovery; Literary Non Fiction; Disability; Ableism; Healing; Trauma; Grief; Creativity; Caregiving; Sports injuries, Family and Health: coping with illness and specific health conditions, Literary Nonfiction, Anthology, Women's Studies, Disability Studies, Anthology / Disability / Women’s Studies
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
"I know people who have had serious concussions. I’m familiar with a devastating range of symptoms. But those I know are not writers; those in this book are. They articulate that experience with bravery and insight; painfully, but personally. I know concussion specialists who are open-minded about how much they don’t know about concussion. This is a book for them. And for the rest of us too."
“Imagine losing your abilities to create language or poetry; to be unable to freely put pen to paper. Impact delves into the raw emotional challenges faced by authors dealing with brain injuries. Readers of the anthology join the authors’ recovery as they share universal themes of creativity, isolation, regression, growth, femininity, and pain related to TBI. I recommend this anthology to others and look forward to using it as a resource within and beyond the hospital.”
"This book offers validation and companionship to people who have suffered head injuries, and to many other ill people whose symptoms derail their lives but resist clinical interventions. Clinicians will gain valuable insight into how symptoms affect lives as they are lived outside of what can be perceived within the clinic. For me, the most compelling chapters take up a paradoxical task: telling a story about what prevents you from telling the story you most need to tell."
"I know people who have had serious concussions. I’m familiar with a devastating range of symptoms. But those I know are not writers; those in this book are. They articulate that experience with bravery and insight; painfully, but personally. I know concussion specialists who are open-minded about how much they don’t know about concussion. This is a book for them. And for the rest of us too."
“Imagine losing your abilities to create language or poetry; to be unable to freely put pen to paper. Impact delves into the raw emotional challenges faced by authors dealing with brain injuries. Readers of the anthology join the authors’ recovery as they share universal themes of creativity, isolation, regression, growth, femininity, and pain related to TBI. I recommend this anthology to others and look forward to using it as a resource within and beyond the hospital.”
"This book offers validation and companionship to people who have suffered head injuries, and to many other ill people whose symptoms derail their lives but resist clinical interventions. Clinicians will gain valuable insight into how symptoms affect lives as they are lived outside of what can be perceived within the clinic. For me, the most compelling chapters take up a paradoxical task: telling a story about what prevents you from telling the story you most need to tell."
