From scientist to stroke survivor : life redacted / Elly Katz ; edited by Damian Mellifont & Jennifer Smith-Merry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Elly, author.

Contributor:

Mellifont, Damian, editor.

Smith-Merry, Jennifer, editor.

Series:

Jewish Studies, Artists Studies, Disability Studies (Lived Places Publishing)

Jewish Studies, Artists Studies, Disability Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabilities.

Children with disabilities.

Physical Impairments.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

life redacted

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Lived Places Publishing, 2025.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Scientist to Stroke Survivor is a poignant work of narrative nonfiction, a tapestry woven of prose, poetry, and lyrical essays. Diving deep into the facets of identity and the quest for self-reclamation, Elly Katz navigates the aftermath of a stroke, using the written word as a tool for understanding and articulation. In her journey of self-discovery, Katz delves into migratory episodes of person-building. Each of these acts serves as a lens through which she explores identity, grapples with disability, and strives to reclaim the center of her life story-despite the eclipse caused by a life-altering stroke. These contemplative encounters exist at the margins shaping her realization of self. This book is an intimate exploration of disability which zigzags across genres, blurring boundaries and troubling the linearity of time. It is a pilgrimage of the soul-a journey that weaves through calamity and emergence, leaving no emotion untouched. Drawing the readers into the profound depths of human resilience, this book is ideal reading for students of disability studies, writing courses and trauma courses.

Contents:

Content warning

Introduction

Learning objectives

Part I:Overture

Part II:Pilgrimage

Epigraph

Movement I:Reeling

Synapse

Discombobulated

We fall short of summation

Torrent of grief

Concussed pronouns

Prayers through ruins

Residue

A fountain in the desert

Where can I find you?

The waste land

Grow in darkness

Unlearning

Ensnared in ember

Empathy that completes me

Parallax

A telescope for hope

Come alive with me

A Denison of Saturn

Conclusion

Movement II:Stasis

Penumbra

Phantom limb

Tending to my living death

About-Face

Apocalypse

Dandelions on tombstone

Somatic intelligence

Connective tissue

Threshold

Constellation of scars

Negotiating symmetry

Movement III:Palpitations

Entropy

Sonnet minus Iambic Pentameter for my right side

Interred in now

Ghost stories

Ordinary note

Fugitive

Breadcrumbs

Palimpsest

No harbinger

Glitches

Movement IV:Hall of mirrors

Moments of oxygen

Wrinkles in the dialogue

Pendulum

Art project

Confluence

Endurability

Raw bones

Alchemy

Womb

Vulnerability

Floating

Sonata

Blessed

Movement V:Lux

Photons

Lantern

Rewriting calculus

Cross-Pollination

Spine

Parachute

Lattice

Rehearsal

Watercolor

Evanescence

Consolations

Cauldron

Diatomic

Gossamer

Welded

Deluge

Thaw

Movement VI:Duet

Radioactive

Beautiful ephemera

The grace of negative spaces

Holy grail

Endangered and enchanted

Domesticated

Interference

Broken open

Gravity

Excruciating hindsight

Bittersweet

Revelation

Movement VII:Potentiality

Nested iterations

Defer to Dante

Cultivating faith

Permeable

Checkmate

Receptive

Silence

Subtext

Lacunae

Surfacing

Stitches dropped

Syllables

Harmonic

Second pruning

Reunion

"Thrownness"

Anointed

Acknowledgments

Discussion questions

Recommended readings

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on Publisher's website, viewed April 15, 2025.

Other Format:

Print version: From scientist to stroke survivor : life redacted.

ISBN:

9781917503358

9781917503341

OCLC:

1511104907

Publisher Number:

10.62859/c.148366 DOI

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.