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Sonya Huber
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Voice First: A Writer’s Manifesto
Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2022University of Nebraska Press$23.95 trade paper (280p) ISBN 978-1-49623-131-4 Order via Bookshop, Amazon, or other sources Though it is foundational to the craft of writing, the concept of voice is a mystery to many authors, and teachers of writing do not have a good working definition of it for use in … Continue reading Voice First: A Writer’s Manifesto
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“I will be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life. I don’t have the mobility, energy or life options I used to have. I work hard to manage the pain, and I want the medical system to be a respectful and effective partner, not a jailer. The opioid crisis is not my doing.”
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“Chronic pain patients like me are not the cause of the opioid crisis; only 22% of those who misuse opioids are prescribed them by a doctor, and only 13% of ER visits for opiate overdoses were chronic pain patients. Most chronic pain patients are rule-followers who just want to function.”
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“I want to be better than my pain, but I cannot will my way through it. I have willed my way through so much pain in my life, and now I have come up against pain that is bigger than my will.”
― Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System
― Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System
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Hi Sonya. Thanks for 'friending' me. Our genres are very different, I think, but I hope our paths cross often on Goodreads.
