writing through chronic illness
Artistic statement: “Judy Suite” is a sequence of graphic requiems recounting my mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. Chris Gavaler is an associate professor of English at W&L University, where he serves …
Judy Suite (Six Visual Poems) by Chris Gavaler Read More
Putting Out What You Might Put Away A crib and changing table are quietlydismantled but all the socks are paired confetti,and the hats and the layettes grown dustyin the drawers, …
Putting Out What You Might Put Away Read More
It starts out quiet.Terror muffles my earsWords, black smudgesHeartbeat faster and fasterAir thinner and thinner. Thoughts as fish in a river,Classmates becoming blobs of colorsForced into captivity,I exit the room. …
Panic Attack Read More
There are blossoms in my chest Rolling off my breasts, feathering out from my sternum, violet, emerald, scarlet petals A garden of wildflowers is inside me Zara Hanif is a …
“Why can’t you sleep?” Read More
Resident writes feels like lower back is a clenched fist. Resident writes patient’s vision is blurred but only in one eye the right. Not blurred but like a cheesecloth has …
MOONFACE by Cindy Pereira Read More
I am the dead mouse perfect and stiff, no longer than your thumb. I am the cat, satisfied with killing for its own sake. I am not hungry for blood. …
Sick Woman’s Self Portrait by Sara Tilley Read More
The first step is defining the place. It must be your living room. You must live alone. Time is not inconsequential. Do it at night, after the bars have closed, …
Instruction on a Ritual for Simplifying Your Life Read More
Admission One day, while walking down the long, white hallway at my job, the tide overtook me & I broke down crying in front of one of my co-workers, the …
Two Poems by Christian J. Collier Read More
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 …
On Being Mysteriously Chronic by Jennifer Stitt Read More
By Rob Cook Each brick of the hospital attacks each brick next to it. The fighting itself casts a shadethat lengthens over the parking lot,the incurable, pampered vehicles. The sky, …
For the Doctors Who Don’t Know How To Find Your Body From Here Read More