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ptsd
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By Pilate GrimmHey, this is me talking to you. I am important: I hold your head and protect your spinal cord.
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By Susan OlmiIn Toothpaste, the essayist learns to live with PTSD as a result of illness, surgeries, and medical malpractice.
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By Allison Stalberg SiebensImani Jones and Aaliyah Thomas start a business based on Imani’s photography and Aaliyah’s love of fashion. But when the past comes back to haunt them, can their bond get them through?
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By Mandy BeattieMandy Beattie’s poetry’s been published in Poets Republic, Drawn to The Light, Lothlorien, Ink, and now, Knee Brace Press!
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By Mandy Beattie
“He squats undercover/beneath unlit lintels, mantles, dust mites/spores.” Poet Mandy Beattie writes about the trauma of war in her first poem for Knee Brace Press, Stuck on That Ledge.
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By Allison Stalberg SiebensWe spoke with Matthew Arnold Stern, author of The Remainders, about mental health, masculinity, and his future plans for his writing.
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By Allison Stalberg SiebensWe spoke with author R. Ramey Guerrero about Dust of a Moth’s Wing, bipolar disorder and PTSD representation, and the process of writing a multi-book series.
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By Allison Stalberg SiebensNo one understands why eighty-three-year-old Edna Fisher is the Chosen One, but Edna, armed with only gumption and knitting needles, leaps at the chance to leave the nursing home. We spoke with author E.M. Anderson about The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher, mental health and invisible illness representation, and American white pelicans.
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By Allison Stalberg SiebensWhen twenty-three-year-old surly (and slightly tipsy) Frankie finds her hag of a grandmother dead on the sofa, her best friend Ben introduces her to the magical underbelly of Aspen Ridge, Utah. We spoke to debut author Camri Kohler about her horrifying urban fantasy novel, Peachy.
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By Clara OlivoIn which our protagonist enters the Zoom room for a psych evaluation, eager and nervous to uncover the next phase of her healing journey. Poet and author Clara Olivo details what happens when nothing goes as planned.