Divergent writers : disability, illness, neurodivergence, and ableism in creative writing / edited by Christie Collins, Saul Lemerond.

Format Book
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
Copyright Date©2026
Descriptionxviii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Authors with disabilities.
Creative writing.

Other author/creatorCollins, Christie, editor.
Other author/creatorLemerond, Saul, editor.
Other author/creatorBarclay, Julia Lee, 1963- contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBCmq6bBYRRp6xx6TCfFX
Other author/creatorBarnes, Miranda Lynn, contributor.
Other author/creatorRourks, Leigh Camacho, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjx4DbvBdypvQF4J3dgKbd
Other author/creatorCarney, Rachel, contributor.
Other author/creatorColeman, Aidan, 1976- contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhxhtRp7C87tkDwrxVKVC
Other author/creatorDarnell, Tyler, contributor.
Other author/creatorHardwick, Oz, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjDC6HpVH3mXrpdPJTd6Vd
Other author/creatorCarroll, Audrey T., contributor.
Other author/creatorIver, K., contributor.
Other author/creatorLewis, Julia Rose, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKkrYMq4JymR9MxPxMr4q
Other author/creatorNeilson, Shane, 1975- contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJg4m7rgKHhXF84Gcyg7pP
Other author/creatorNichols, Cath, 1970- contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJg7jQ4RDj8Y3bTgdrpRq
Other author/creatorQuantock, Grace, contributor.
Other author/creatorRees, Beth, contributor.
Other author/creatorRückert, Gustavo Henrique, contributor.
Other author/creatorSchueler, Celeste Maria, contributor.
Other author/creatorSaid Shaiye, contributor.
Other author/creatorVanderslice, Stephanie, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjK4hQGFHmChcffB9YTpGd
Contents List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Stephanie Vanderslice -- Introduction / Christie Collins -- Part 1. The writer's journey : late diagnosis, recovery, and post-diagnosis/post-recovery observations on writing and teaching. Aphasia as form and discontent : adaptations of a post-stroke poet and teacher / Aidan Coleman -- A Martian poetic tendency : what I learned about writing and teaching after my autism diagnosis / Cath Nichols -- Why write? : Reframing personal creative writing practice in the light of changing diagnoses / Oz Hardwick -- "Me here--you there" : writing constrast without a self / K. Iver -- Theory of whose mind? : A very late-diagnosed autistic writer claps back / Julia Lee Barclay-Morton -- Part 2. Views from the inside : writers confronting stigma, exploitation, and ableism. There is a charge for the eyeing of my scars : writing the neurodivergent, disabled body for a dominant audience / Grace Quantock -- When methods fail : a view from the perspective of a dyslexic writer / Saul Lemerond -- The breath of the bird : my writing life with bipolar disorder / Celeste Maria Schueler -- The gallery effect : the visibly disabled writer in the real world / Tyler Darnell -- What do you really want to say? A creative writing MA student's experience with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) / Beth Rees -- Part 3. Dismantling the traditional writing workshop : interventions, reckonings, and inclusive alternatives. Do away with writing workshops : an anti-ableist treatise / Said Shaiye -- Perfection of the (care) work : a traditional MFA workshop experience vs. a disability-centric workshop experience / Shane Neilson -- Poem brut : what the writing workshop can learn from the outside world / Julia Rose Lewis -- Spinning words : poetry creation by autistic people from Brazil / Gustavo Henrique R kert -- Part 4. Ableism in higher education, writing programs, and academia : insights, pedagogy, and visibility. "Reduced to depraved animals" : the need for faculty and administrators to consider disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill students in graduate creative writing programs / Christie Collins -- Teaching creative writing to neurodivegent students : a fairly friendly FAQ / Leigh Camacho Rourks -- The power of words : neurodiversity, authenticity, and inclusion in the creative writing classroom / Rachel Carney -- Embodiment and the body in pain : observations from a poet in academia / Miranda L. Barnes -- Barriers to inclusion in creative writing : questioning practice in and beyond the writing classroom / Audrey T. Heffers -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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