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OF MOTION: Living with Tourette's
 A STILLNESS BUILT OF MOTION features seven poems on symptoms of Tourette syndrome, the diagnosis of which is the subject of the title essay 'Living with Tourette's.' "The girls stand in a pack A STILLNESS BUILT OF MOTION "It's an illumination! New riveting poetry and an autobiographical essay reveal what text books can't." --Joan Larkin, "This elegant volume of poetry and prose documents Emma Morgan's journey towards achieving and living with a diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome. She describes the difficulties encountered in her search for a way to write about TS. Clearly, she has found her voice and, in so doing, has claimed her place in Tourette literature." --Sue Levi-Pearl, "This book is a must for those weathering out different lives... Her words are so beautiful that they entice us to want to meet her, know more about her...In the book's last poem...[Morgan] compares the rituals of a Chasidic Jew in worship to those of her Tourette's in a brilliant religious diction which lets the reader feel that she is watching an almost ritualistic dance." --Connie Panzarino, "This sliver of a poetry collection is worth a read, and a place on our TS library shelves. Emma Morgan creatively reports from inside a body racked with tics and compulsions, both the suffering and sensual pleasure that emanate from her isolating behaviors. Morgan describes the compulsion to 'gauge precision of pressure' between her cheek and a wall, a steering wheel, a computer screen; and her metaphors, "pulling a weed from the middle, the root of the urge untouched," work. If you can get past the clinical titles, there are valuable descriptions of TS phenomena that can only help us better understand our loved ones with Tourette Syndrome." ---Bren Dahl "This second collection in our series of poetry by people with TS sets the standard for writers of this emerging genre--very, very high." --Adam Ward Seligman, | |||
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