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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 Designed and set in Minion Pro by L. Auten. 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
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