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Wet Wound: An Elegy in Essays

Wet Wound: An Elegy in Essays

Norris, Maddie

Paperback

Series: Crux: The Georgia Literary Nonfiction

Biographies GeneralDeath & Dying

Publisher Price: $24.95

ISBN10: 0820366684
ISBN13: 9780820366685
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: Mar 15 2024
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

This debut essay collection is inspired by the grief Maddie Norris experienced in the wake of her father's death from cancer when she was seventeen. Norris uses a medical lens to examine the anguish that followed and likens mourning to wound care.

These linked essays examine grief from different angles, resulting in a multilayered exploration of why, contrary to popular belief, keeping wounds open is the best way to care for them physically and emotionally. Norris approaches the narrative through various topics--the investigation of body preservation, the history of skin grafts, and a deep dive into physical pain--all of them related to how she carries this fundamental loss.

By centering on the importance of mourning (a long-term practice frowned upon in Western culture), the essays unsettle conventional wisdom as the text pushes against the stereotypical notion of letting go and moving on. The Wet Wound: An Elegy in Essays thus unpacks the question: What happens when, instead of following steps prescribed by those outside loss, we let ourselves dwell in grief?

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