Uncover the Hidden Truths of Creativity and Suffering in Alex Boyd’s Latest Essay Collection
In Ireland, the young Boyd observes that “if anything provides faith on a lonely journey, it’s people who help others and refuse to admit it’s anything other than common decency.” He’s writing about a stranger who stopped to give him a lift, but the sentence describes what Boyd’s collection does, as well. It’s generously offered, without ceremony and without overclaiming its own significance: take this for the pain because, even though it won’t fix what ails you, it helps.
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Renée K. Nicholson is a writer, scholar, and narrative medicine leader whose work spans poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and academic articles. She is the author of six books, including Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness, Postscripts, and Feverdream. Her debut novel is forthcoming in 2027. Her writing has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Bellevue Literary Review, AWP Writer’s Chronicle, and Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal, where she is a contributing writer. She currently serves as series editor for the Connective Tissue imprint at WVU Press and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.
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