Book Review: Revealing the Mantra of Trauma Author’s Memo This review of The Trauma Mantras seeks to convey the profound...
My Body Is a Suitcase: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Links between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders Author’s memo In...
This piece, Hot Pink Truth Serum of My Trauma, is an autoethnography that speaks to the cultures and communities of survivors of childhood sexual abuse and violence.
I provide context by referencing theory and practice in narrative medicine and current literary criticism around trauma plots.
This work, a narrative and poetic account of a school shooting, provides an experiential entry into the experience from the point of view of a faculty member.
This particular piece, "What is Human, Remains" looks back at my first year as a teacher, and the unexpected activism in my students.
"Horse, Therapy is a story of my own experience and is a commentary on trauma, both in animals and humans."
Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: I Just Want to Go Home – Moving, Loss and Unacknowledged Grief
"Moving away from a beloved home at a tender age was traumatizing, in part, because that home was the only place in which I felt safe."
"I'm not exactly sure when I decided to make a performance piece about my sister's traumatic brain injury and death. In fact, I'm not sure there ever was a single moment of decision. Her story had become public in many ways, from online care sites to prayer chains to social media posts from family and friends. Her story was being performed out in the world before I started telling it."
