The wet wound : an elegy in essays / Maddie Norris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norris, Maddie, 1994- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Crux (Athens, Ga.)

Crux: the Georgia series in literary nonfiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Norris, Maddie, 1994-.

Norris, Maddie.

Grief.

Loss (Psychology).

Parents--Death--Psychological aspects.

Parents.

grief.

Physical Description:

174 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The Wet Wound: An Elegy is a collection of lyric essays that discuss grief and overcoming loss. Inspired by the period of grief Norris went through in the wake of her father's death, the collection approaches death from a head-on perspective, arguing that the best way to take care of a wound, both physically and emotionally, is to open it up. It uses a medical lens to discuss grief. The essays approach the narrative through the investigation of body preservation, the history of skin grafts, or a deep dive into physical pain, but they all examine how Norris carries this fundamental loss. The text pushes against the stereotypical notion of "letting go" and "moving on." The Wet Wound: An Elegy unpacks the question of "what happens when, instead of following steps prescribed by those outside of loss, we let ourselves dwell in the grief?""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Hyperbaric, or How to Keep a Wound Alive

Wish You Were Here

Dear Hilda

Mothers and Other Orcas

Still Hearts

Phantom Longing

Methodical Tenderness

The Sky Come Down

Childhood Eulogy

A Soft-Boiled Egg Held in a Silver Cup

Carve Us New

Take My Hand

On the Love of Hills.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780820366685

0820366684

OCLC:

1401004200