Bodies of Truth: Personal Narratives on Illness, Disability, and Medicine

208 Pages·2019·3.396 MB·English

by  Dinty W. Moore (editor), Erin Murphy (editor), Renée K. Nicholson (editor)

Bodies of Truth

BODIES OF
TRUTH
Personal Narratives on Illness,
Disability, and Medicine
Edited by Dinty W. Moore,
Erin Murphy, and
Renée K. Nicholson
Foreword by Jacek L. Mostwin
University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln and London
© 2019 by the Board of Regents of the
University of Nebraska
All rights reserved
Acknowledgments for the use of
copyrighted material appear on
pages 175–77, which constitute an
extension of the copyright page.
Library of Congress
Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Moore, Dinty W., 1955– , editor. |
Murphy, Erin, 1968– , editor. |
Nicholson, Renee K., editor.
Title: Bodies of truth; personal narratives
on illness, disability, and medicine / edited
by Dinty W. Moore, Erin Murphy, Renee K.
Nicholson; foreword by Jacek L. Mostwin.
Description: Lincoln, Nebraska;
University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Identifi ers: lccn 2018028388
isbn 9781496203601 (paperback)
isbn 9781496212658 (epub)
isbn 9781496212665 (mobi)
isbn 9781496212672 (pdf)
Subjects: | mesh: Clinical Medicine |
Disease— psychology | Narration |
Personal Narratives
Classifi cation: lcc rc46 |
nlm wb 102 | ddc 616— dc23
lc record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2018028388
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In memory of Brian Doyle and William Bradley

Contents
Foreword by Jacek L. Mostwin xi
Preface xv
Two Hearts 1
Brian Doyle
Spared 3
Deborah Burghardt
A Measure of Acceptance 5
Floyd Skloot
One Little Mind, Our Lie, Dr. Lie 20
Matthew S. Smith
Locked into Life 23
Mark Brazaitis
Rendered Mute 31
Teresa Blankmeyer Burke
Jamie’s Place 35
Michael Bérubé
A Day in the Grammar of Disease 46
Sonya Huber
Marked 49
William Bradley
55 750 Words about Cancer
Rebecca Housel
58 Th e Power of a Handshake
Hugh Silk
61 Submerged
Tenley Lozano
72 Where Do You Go from Alston Street?
Kat Moore
83 Confession
Diane Kraynak
97 Th is Moment
Adriana Páramo
100 Sit Still and Uncover Your Eyes
Elizabeth Brady
103 Overtones
Meredith Davies Hadaway
111 Th e Way of the Spring
Patrick Donnelly
121 Type One
Riley Passmore
123 Th e Bad Patient
Sandra Beasley
137 A Tribute to the Pharmacist
Taison Bell
140 Flying into Jerusalem
Katherine Macfarlane
Reluctant Reliance 148
Erin M. Kelly
An Interview with My Mom 151
Belinda Waller- Peterson
Days of the Giants 164
Madaline Harrison
Source Acknowledgments 175
List of Contributors 179