{"product_id":"scars-an-anthology-9780982818473","title":"Scars: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If scars are the memory of pain, then this volume is a body of those memories recollected as stories--stories as compelling, as vivid, as dramatic as the thing, the scar, itself.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Sanders, Yale School of Medicine, the doctor behind \u003cem\u003eHouse, M.D.\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \"Diagnosis\" Columnist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Each voice seeks to make sense of visible, tactile memories of pain, claiming scars as essential to the person they have become. Collectively, these voices give testimony to the connection between self-expression and resilience.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eArthur W. Frank, \u003cem\u003eThe Wounded Storyteller \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAt the Will of the Body\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScars: An Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e examines the range and nuance of experience related to scars of the body. The collection assembles the writings of activists, academics, parents, patients, performance artists, physicians, poets, siblings, spouses, students, and writers. Through various genres and mediums-personal narratives, interviews, poems, academic essays, images, a review, and a performance script-contributors address self-mutilation, creating art, gender confirmation surgery, cancer, birth, brain injury, war, coming of age, pain, and love, all focusing on the central question of what it means to live with physical scars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned contributors include photographer and SCAR Project founder David Jay, AWP Award winning author Jill Christman, Piedmont Laureate Scott Huler, physician\/faminist activist\/author Dr. Sayantani DasGupta, author Maurice Carlos Ruffin, comedian Kelli Dunham, disability scholar and performer Jim Ferris, Hudson Valley artist Lorrie Fredette, and many more. Scars: An Anthology has been part of panels at Columbia University, The Arkansas Literary Festival, The Louisiana Book Festival, and elsewhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWood, Erin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Erin Wood used to be a construction lawyer but now spends her time building books. Erin is author of Women Make Arkansas: Conversations with 50 Creatives and is editor of and a contributor to Scars: An Anthology, which assembles the work of nearly 40 contributors on scars of the body. Her work has been a notable in The Best American Essays, has won the Miracle Monocle Award for Emerging Writers, and has appeared in Creative Nonfiction Magazine's \"Sunday Shorts,\" River Teeth's \"Beautiful Things,\" Catapult, The Rumpus, The Woven Tale Press, and elsewhere. Find her at erinwood.com and etaliapress.com.","brand":"Et Alia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52179036406034,"sku":"9780982818473","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a5b9d9ee-7679-410e-b61d-20eed879c5be.jpg?v=1775634127","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/scars-an-anthology-9780982818473","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}