Illness

If God Is Alive, I Hate Him

Nov 21, 2016

Theme Essay by Anna Shane Stadick

To live in the unknown, in the uncomfortable, is a challenge for Christians and writers alike.

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Unleashed

Sep 26, 2016

Essay by Jane McCafferty

Part of me was always glad my mother found a way to cast off the shackles of her ordinary consciousness.

Memoir, Illness, Into Sanity | Read More

Storms of the Circus World

Sep 26, 2016

Essay by Lorri McDole

Which came first, the drugs or the schizophrenia?

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The Anna Fragments

Mar 07, 2016

Hybrid Poetry by Elisabeth Weiss

How is madness inherited? What are the fine lines that connect us?

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Doing Somersaults

Dec 14, 2015

Theme Essay by Laura J. Wolfe

Words have the power to bless or curse, whether they’re spoken, written, or thought.

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My Mother’s Mantra

Dec 07, 2015

Flash Nonfiction by Nicole Simonsen

I was, at that point in my life, an authority on nothing, except maybe seizures.

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A Mother’s Magic Shield

Nov 30, 2015

TW Column by Judith A. Ross

Emotions she didn’t dare express out loud would appear at the end of her paintbrush.

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Eggshells

Nov 30, 2015

Flash Nonfiction by Pamela Gay

She wanted to penetrate the shells in the way doctors would when performing a procedure on her.

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Clothes to Die In

Sep 16, 2015

Flash Nonfiction by Mel Andrews

I’m uncomfortable around ambulances or the overdressed crowds outside funeral parlors.

Flash Nonfiction, Grief, Illness | Read More

Chana Bloch: “The Poem Begins to Shape You”

Dec 17, 2014

TW Interview by Carol Dorf

Whatever kind of poetry you write, it’s hard not to get discouraged.

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