Bodies of Truth

Personal Narratives on Illness, Disability, and Medicine

Dinty W. Moore, Erin Murphy, Renée K. Nicholson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

210 Seiten

2019
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-0360-1 (ISBN)

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“Medicine still contains an oral tradition, passed down in stories: the stories patients tell us, the ones we tell them, and the ones we tell ourselves” writes contributor Madaline Harrison. Bodies of Truth continues this tradition through a variety of narrative approaches by writers representing all facets of health care.

2019 Foreword INDIES Award, Gold for Anthologies

“Medicine still contains an oral tradition, passed down in stories: the stories patients tell us, the ones we tell them, and the ones we tell ourselves,” writes contributor Madaline Harrison. Bodies of Truth continues this tradition through a variety of narrative approaches by writers representing all facets of health care. And, since all of us have been or will be touched by illness or disability—our own or that of a loved one—at some point in our lives, any reader of this anthology can relate to the challenges, frustrations, and pain—both physical and emotional—that the contributors have experienced.

Bodies of Truth offers perspectives on a wide array of issues, from food allergies, cancer, and neurology to mental health, autoimmune disorders, and therapeutic music. These experiences are recounted by patients, nurses, doctors, parents, children, caregivers, and others who attempt to articulate the intangible human and emotional factors that surround life when it intersects with the medical field.

Dinty W. Moore is a professor and director of creative writing at Ohio University. He is the author of numerous books, including Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Nonfiction. Erin Murphy is a professor of English and creative writing at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College. She is the author of seven collections of poetry and coeditor of Creating Nonfiction: Twenty Essays and Interviews with the Writers. Renée K. Nicholson is an assistant professor in the programs for multi- and interdisciplinary studies at West Virginia University.Jacek L. Mostwin is a professor of urology and the director of the Division of Neurological and Reconstructive Urology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he also serves as faculty affiliate of the Berman Institute of Bioethics.

Contents
Foreword by Jacek L. Mostwin
Preface

Two Hearts
Brian Doyle

Spared
Deborah Burghardt

A Measure of Acceptance
Floyd Skloot

One Little Mind, Our Lie, Dr. Lie
Matthew S. Smith

Locked into Life
Mark Brazaitis

Rendered Mute
Teresa Blankmeyer Burke

Jamie’s Place
Michael Bérubé

A Day in the Grammar of Disease
Sonya Huber

Marked
William Bradley

750 Words about Cancer
Rebecca Housel

The Power of a Handshake
Hugh Silk

Submerged
Tenley Lozano

Where Do You Go from Alston Street?
Kat Moore

Confession
Diane Kraynak

This Moment
Adriana Páramo

Sit Still and Uncover Your Eyes
Elizabeth Brady

Overtones
Meredith Davies Hadaway

The Way of the Spring
Patrick Donnelly

Type One
Riley Passmore

The Bad Patient
Sandra Beasley

A Tribute to the Pharmacist
Taison Bell

Flying into Jerusalem
Katherine Macfarlane

Reluctant Reliance
Erin M. Kelly

An Interview with My Mom
Belinda Waller-Peterson

Days of the Giants
Madaline Harrison

Source Acknowledgments
List of Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	27.12.2018
Vorwort	Jacek L. Mostwin
Zusatzinfo	1 illustration
Verlagsort	Lincoln
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
ISBN-10	1-4962-0360-7 / 1496203607
ISBN-13	978-1-4962-0360-1 / 9781496203601
Zustand	Neuware