Tender Points

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Tender Points is a narrative fractured by trauma Named after the diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia, the book length lyric essay explores sexual violence, gendered illness, chronic pain, and patriarchy through the lenses of lived experience and pop culture Twin Peaks, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, noise music, etc Teaching Guide or Book Club Guide here bit.ly 2aqJV2X New Read Tender Points by Amy Berkowitz For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A beautiful and plainly written book length essay about living with and writing about fibromyalgia, trauma, being a survivor, andSide note I can t help but feel a kinship with any writer who mentions riot grrrl in a book on any topic Many passages stood out to me, and made me see the world in new ways, but here s one that I reached for a pencil to underline Brautigan s style of misogyny call it gentle misogyny, subtle misogyny, or microaggresive misogyny is woven deep throughout the A beautiful and plainly written book length essay about living with and writing about fibromyalgia, trauma, being a survivor, andSide note I can t help b...On Friday I went to Skylight Books to see Maggie Nelson read from her masterpiece edit one of her masterpieces The Argonauts, and she gave a sterling endorsement for the writer that was following her, a young woman named Amy Berkowitz I didn t gather that Maggie Nelson was the opener to a headlining act, but was thrilled to see that her blurb was also on this book s back cover Also written in a format akin to The Argonauts and Citizen, Tender Points is an immensely American lyric as well I On Friday I went to Skylight Books to see Maggie Nelson read from her masterpiece edit one of her masterpieces The Argonauts, and she gave a sterling endorsement for the writer that was following her, a young woman named Amy Berkowitz I didn t gather that Maggie Nelson was the opener to a headlining act, but was thrilled to see that her blurb was also on this book s back cover Also written in a format akin to The Argonauts and Citizen, Tender Points is an immensely American lyric as well I picked up a copy and followed along as she read A searing document of a true eternal recurrence rape trauma and an informative treatise on the origins of fibromyalgia, the implications of the root pains in hysteria, a defense of the BOB in Twin Peaks, and a list of great noise music recommendations aside, it is a collage of disparate elements wholly connected through the communication of pain The reading triggered the hell out of me and th...i m 31 but i feel like i m 60 people in my life may think i am exaggerating but i am always in pain every morning i wake up feeling like i was run over by a truck i feel like i ve been hit by a bus i wake up stiff like a coyote with rheumatism i wake up in the woods on a bed of dried moss i have a doctor i have a wolf i have an ex interrupting me, stepping out from behind the same tree to block my path invisible, impossible to prove whether or not you believe me imagine it repeating l i m 31 but i feel like i m 60 people in my life may think i am exaggerating but i am always in pain e...So good A very beautiful and poetic telling of life with chronic illness Fibromyalgia and a traumatic event rape This hit home in a lot of ways and was such a quick read everyone should read it Thewe read, thewe understand.People in my life may think I am exaggerating but I am always in pain Every morning I wake up feeling like I was run over by a truck I feel like I ve been hit by a bus I wake up stiff like a coyote with rheumatism I wake up in the woods on a bed of dried moss I have a doctor I have a wolf I have an ex Interrupting me, stepping out from behind the same tree to block my path Invisible, impossible to prove Whether or not you believe me Imagine it repeating like a GIF This book was so gooPeople in my life may think I am exaggerating but I am always in pain Every morning I wake up feeling like I was run over by a truck I feel like I ve been hit b...This is written in the style I think of as poetry essays These pieces, rarely longer than 200 words, sometimes read like short pieces of prose, sometimeslike prose poetry or sometimes a spoken word piece This style works very well for Maggie Nelson and is exceptional in the work of Claudia Rankine, but Berkowitz doesn t have the same control as they do Sections, here, can feel repetitive or badly worded but my main criticism is the brevity of this book Berkowitz raises so many int This is written in the style I think of as poetry essays These pieces, rarely longer than 200 words, sometimes read like short pieces of prose, sometimeslike prose poetry or sometimes a spoken word piece This style works very well for Maggie Nelson and is exceptional in the work of Claudia Rankine, but Berkowitz doesn t have the same control as they do Sections, here, can feel repetitive or badly worded but my main criticism is the brevity of this book Berkowitz raises so many interesting topics, from the sexism inherent in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia, to the history of hysteria in medicine, to the meaning of psychosomatic illness and how we view illness in a capitalist society I m fascinated by all of this, but each se...A poetic and meaningful interpretation of the culture of living with chronic pain, ptsd, and fibromyalgia As a sufferer myself, it s a beautifully written memoir as the world has been flooded with how to deal with books, it s just lovel...So well written Anyone interested in fibromyalgia, rape culture and lyric essays should read this.This was quite possibly the best and most resonant book I ve ever read about chronic illness I have a lot of thoughts about it but I m not sure I can articulate them right now, but I will just say it was very empowering, as someone who s struggled with chronic illness that has enormously impacted my life and what I m capable of, to see many of the things I ve found myself thinking about written out this way Just because you deal with a condition or illness that medicine doesn t understand or This was quite possibly the best and most resonant book I ve ever read about chronic illness I have a lot of thoughts about it but I m not sure I can articulate them right now, but I will just say it was very empowering, as someone who s struggled with chronic illness that has enormousl...This is a very intense, poetic short memoir The author has fibromaylgia and I picked it up because I m intrigued and perplexed by some of these diseases that are hidden as she calls them I ll admit I grapple with thoughts related to something like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome fighting the urge to dismiss it as not a real illness And then I of course hate myself for thinking it easy to be dismissive when you re in good health I really want to understand and have better sympathy for th This is a very intense, poetic short memoir The author has fibromaylgia and I picked it up because I m intrigued and perplexed by some of these diseases that are hidden as she calls them I ll admit...

Tender Points
  • English
  • 17 January 2017
  • Paperback
  • 136 pages
  • 1937421155
  • Amy Berkowitz
  • Tender Points