Category: writing
The exciting reason PTSD Bookclub has been resting
What if the body politic kept the score?
Apologies for delays on the PTSD Bookclub and announcements about new and upcoming work on community violence, PTSD, and care from Virginia Eubanks! Continue reading What if the body politic kept the score?
What My Bones Know, Pt 1: The keel. The drone. The untiring ear.
In this weeks #PTSDBookclub, we discuss Part I of Stephanie Foo’s What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, the cycle of trauma, dissociation, work as coping strategy, and communication issues. And also weigh in the ongoing debate about content and trigger warnings on Mastodon. Continue reading What My Bones Know, Pt 1: The keel. The drone. The untiring ear.
Slaughterhouse-Five, Part 1: Trauma Time*
In PTSD as in Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, you enter “trauma time.” It turns out time travel is more stressful than you might think. Continue reading Slaughterhouse-Five, Part 1: Trauma Time*
PTSD Bookclub – Grounding agreements
A bit about communication norms in PTSD Bookclub discussions. Continue reading PTSD Bookclub – Grounding agreements
PTSD Bookclub – The books
Here’s where you’ll find the list of books we’ll be reading in PTSD Bookclub. Continue reading PTSD Bookclub – The books
PTSD Bookclub – My Story and Slaughterhouse-Five
A little bit about my experience and an introduction to this month’s reading: Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. Continue reading PTSD Bookclub – My Story and Slaughterhouse-Five
Lillian Smith Book Award address
How do we describe, as Lillian Smith herself asked in Killers of the Dream, “trouble…so big that people turn away from its size, [their] imaginations closed tight against the hurt of others”? And how do we do it all while grounding our readers in the radical possibility of hope, reconciliation, and healing? Continue reading Lillian Smith Book Award address
Poor People’s Campaign reading and action list
On March 31, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his last Sunday sermon, “Remaining Awake through a Great Revolution,” in the National Cathedral. In it, he announced the Poor People’s Campaign, which he warned was America’s “last chance” to arouse its “conscience toward constructive democratic change.” King’s assassination, just days later, threw the campaign … Continue reading Poor People’s Campaign reading and action list
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