{"product_id":"scars-erin-wood-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erin Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0982818475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982818473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Et Alia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Erin Wood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980743016703,"sku":"9780982818473","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a501b2ee-e38e-428b-8106-d609598594fe.jpg?v=1683251635","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scars-erin-wood-9780982818473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}