On Being Mysteriously Chronic by Jennifer Stitt
Jennifer Stitt is a poet as well as a historian of modern American thought, culture, and politics. She earned a B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of Alabama …
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Link Roundup: March 22nd, 2019
Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup (almost) every Friday. If you encounter a chronic illness-related link you think I might want to share, please tweet it at …
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Four Paintings by Fiona Hsu
This series is called Garden of Wounds. Artist’s statement: In my paintings of my “Garden of Wounds” series, I illustrate the steep emotional and physical fall of the victims battling …
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Link Roundup: March 1st, 2019
Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup (almost) every Friday. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please tweet it at me or Chronically Lit. …
Read More Link Roundup: February 22nd, 2019
Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup (almost) every Friday. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please tweet it at me or Chronically Lit. …
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Post Diagnosis: Learning to Live With Your Assassin
By Sarah Birdsong Mere weeks after Hurricane Irma raged her way through Atlanta in the month of September, 2017, I sat on the patient bed of my local gastroenterologist. The …
Read More Link Roundup: February 15th, 2019
Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup (almost) every Friday. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please tweet it at me or Chronically Lit. Since …
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Dependable by Grace Desmarais
Grace Desmarais is a French-Canadian illustrator and cartoonist currently living in Massachusetts. Diagnosed with three chronic conditions (fibromyalgia, interstitial cystitis and polycystic ovary syndrome) in 2018 her comics often confront …
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Art by David Weinholtz
Artist’s statement: Much of my art work, whether directly or indirectly, addresses my experiences with anxiety, depression and the always tempting but dangerous dance with various chemical dependencies.
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