Publisher's Synopsis
*Of interest to people interested in creative approaches to healing, embodiment, somatics, disability, chronic illness, trauma, people interested in diaspora and immigration; mythology & ritual; readers of lyric essays / creative nonfiction / experimental prose / autotheory; critical medical humanities scholars; people interested in creative approaches to healing, psychology, illness narrative *Author taught in the Language and Thinking program at Bard College 2008-2011. *Author worked with the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University on curating the Poetics of Healing series between 2008-2013. *Author taught at SFSU in Comparative and World Literature, Creative Writing, and English. *Book was written as part of a grant-funded project that created a public forum for exploring healing: The Poetics of Healing: Creative Investigations in Art, Medicine, and Somatic Practice (program series I curated with SFSU Poetry Center, initially supported by Creative Work Fund grant in San Francisco, with some co-sponsorship from UCSF Medical Humanities Initiative)
