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Land of Stone
The engaging autobiographical account of a poet-in-residence at a psychiatric hospital who helps a silent young man regain his speaking voice through writing poetry.
For more than a decade, Karen Chase taught poetry writing to severely incapacitated patients at a large psychiatric hospital outside of New York City. During that time, she began working with Ben, a handsome, formerly popular and athletic young man who had given up speaking and had withdrawn from social interaction. Meeting on the locked ward every week for two years, Chase and Ben passed a pad of paper back and forth, taking turns writing one line of poetry each, ultimately producing 180 poems that responded to, diverged from, and built on each other's words. Land of Stone is Chase's account of writing with Ben, an experience that was deeply transformative for both poet and patient.
In Chase's engrossing narrative, readers will find inspiration in the power of writing to change and heal, as well as a compelling firsthand look at the relationship between poet and patient. As she tells of Ben's struggle to come out of silence, Chase also recounts the issues in her own life that she confronts by writing with Ben, including her mother's recent death and a childhood struggle with polio. Also, since poetry writing seems to reach Ben in a way that his clinical therapy cannot, Chase describes and analyzes Ben's writing in detail to investigate the changes that appeared to be taking place in him as their work progressed. A separate section presents twenty-two poems that Chase wrote with Ben, selected to show his linguistic development over time, and a final section offers Chase's thoughtful reflections on the creative process.
Land of Stone will provide honest and valuable insight to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, alternative therapists, and other mental health practitioners, and will also surely be of interest to creative writers, teachers, linguists, and anyone looking to explore the connections between language and healing.
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Echoes from a Child's Soul
Presents the power and possibilities of art and aesthetic methodology, releasing the moral voices of children, labeled at-risk, that break through the educational culture of silence and marginalization.
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Ordinary hazards : a memoir
\"Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, [poet] Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night--and discovered the magic and impact of writing ... In this ... memoir [in verse] that will resonate with young readers and adults alike, Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the hazards--ordinary and extraordinary--of her life\"--Publisher marketing.
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Requiem, Rwanda
A marvelous, moving new collection of poems,Requiem, Rwandahas its roots in 2006, when Laura Apol made her first trip to Rwanda. Apol's initial goal was to develop, in conjunction with Rwandan and American colleagues, a project using narrative writing to facilitate healing among young survivors of the 1994 genocide. During the time she spent leading workshops, Apol felt moved to write her own poems, and after the writing-for-healing project ended, she returned to Rwanda several times to continue her creative work. The legacy of the genocide-on the people, on the land itself-makes its presence felt in many of the poems. The poems are also accounts of Apol's relationships with and understandings of people post-genocide-where their stories go, how they reenter their lives, and how a country that has been deeply wounded by its history continues on. These poems don't shy away from exploring the complications of being a white woman, a Westerner, and a witness in this setting: Apol relates her sense of compassion, privilege, horror, guilt, voyeurism, obligation, and love. This new collection is a rich testimonial to the strength of a nation and its people. The collection includes a closing essay, \"Writer as a Witness.\"
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Songs from an Innocent Heart: Mattie Stepanek's Poetry Yearns for
\"When he was thought to be near death, Mattie Stepanek was asked by doctors about his fondest wishes. The 11-year-old Maryland boy, suffering from complications of muscular dystrophy, said he had three dreams: to talk with his hero, Jimmy Carter; to get a book of his poetry published; and to share his message of peace with people by being on television with Oprah Winfrey. Five months later, with the help of a hospital's public-relations staff, he has scored all three.\" (Philadelphia Inquirer) Learn more about Mattie's life and the poetry he has written.
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The other side of the knife
A 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his volume The Abundance of Nothing, Weigl began having PTSD symptoms in 1974, while studying with the poet Charles Simic at the University of Hampshire. A political chasm separates the poet, a peace activist since his days with Vietnam Veterans Against the War, from his students, \"gung ho\" veterans who are supporters of Americas military involvements in Iraq and Afghanistan. The voice of the war veteran, however, is the voice of the stranger who looks like us, but whose inner topography is in exile, rudderless amidst unchanging names, places, family stories of which they are part, from which they are apart In his preface to The Abundance of Nothing, Weigl offers these lines by Robert Creeley: as all the many sides of life whiz by, a blast at best, a loss \"If you are lucky, the world gives you a subject,\" Weigl says.
Magazine Article
Essential thrombocythemia as an initial presentation of polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, skin changes syndrome with complete response to the bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, dexamethasone regimen: a case report
Background
Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, skin changes syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic disorder often presenting with atypical manifestations, making diagnosis challenging. This case is novel due to the rare presentation of essential thrombocythemia as the initial manifestation of polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, skin changes syndrome. Furthermore, it highlights the remarkable therapeutic response, achieving a complete remission following treatment with the bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, dexamethasone regimen, underscoring this combination therapy’s efficacy in managing such complex cases.
Case presentation
A 65-year-old Iranian woman presented with fatigue, headache, and thrombocytosis, leading to a diagnosis of essential thrombocythemia. Over time, her condition progressed with the development of neuropathy and persistence of thrombocytosis, which warranted further investigation. Imaging revealed multiple lymphadenopathies, sclerotic bone lesions, and ascitic fluid, raising suspicion for a plasma cell dyscrasia. Bone marrow biopsy, lymph node biopsy, and elevated vascular endothelial growth factor levels confirmed the diagnosis of polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, skin changes syndrome. The patient was treated with bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, dexamethasone chemotherapy regimen, resulting in complete symptom relief, normalization of the complete blood count, and significant improvement in imaging findings.
Conclusion
This case highlights the need to recognize atypical polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, skin changes syndrome presentations, such as essential thrombocythemia, for timely diagnosis and underscores the bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, dexamethasone regimen’s efficacy in achieving complete remission.
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