The Art of Touch A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond |
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| Editor:
| Schweighardt, Joan
DesPres, Faye Rapoport |
| Contribution by:
| DesPres, Faye Rapoport
Ball, Magdalena
Boucher, Bonnie
Castro, Joy
Collins, Quintin
Coomer, Paula
Cruzado, María Luisa Arroyo
DeFruscio-Robinson, Linda
Frumkin, Raphael
Hardy, Nicole
Jennings, Will
Kearney, Meg
Kennedy, Becky
Kotchian, Sarah
Lo Bosco, Rocco
McElwain, Sarah
McNicholl, Damian
Miller, Lynda
Miller, Lynn C.
Moon, Sarah
Niles, Kate
Ostriker, Alicia
Page, Christine
Prager, Judith Simon
Root, Robert
Singer, Paul
Skoy, Phyllis M.
Stein, Donna Baier
Stevens, Grace Anne
Stone, Alison
Swift, Deborah
Terrazas, Beatriz
Tuite, Meg
Casey, Anne
Crucianelli, Laura
Dreifus, Erika
Oomen, Anne-Marie
Summerhill, Daniel B.
Tweit, Susan J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-6535-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2023 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profound impact of one of our five main senses: touch. Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers, and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able to touch or experience touch, or to have to go without it--as so...
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In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profound impact of one of our five main senses: touch.
Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers, and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able to touch or experience touch, or to have to go without it--as so many did and still do because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They explore how transmissions such as texting may impede opportunities for touch, while those like Zoom may make it possible for people who otherwise might be left behind to stay "in touch." From the experience of touching beloved animals to the life-changing ways in which books and performances can touch us, virtually all aspects of touch are acknowledged in these pages.