Jamie Hood, 'A Little Life,' and rethinking the 'Trauma Plot' : It's Been a Minute There are a lot of big subjects that our culture has trouble talking about: wealth, death, addiction, religion ...

Hood’s engagement with her own trauma plot doesn’t flatten or distort her story; instead, it expands her craft, her ambition, her desire, and her life. When you buy a book using a link on this ...

In her 2021 essay “The Case Against the Trauma Plot,” New Yorker critic Parul Sehgal delves into the controversy surrounding Hanya Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life. Referring to its ...

‘No Bad Parts’ by Richard C. Schwartz. Lauren Auer, a trauma therapist in Peoria, Ill., said that this 2021 book is a “go-to for clients struggling with inner criticism.” ...

The End of Trauma. George Bonanno’s 2021 book serves up a controversial take, ... Van der Kolk paints a grim picture of life after trauma, matching the mood of many mired in PTSD.

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Written entirely in second person, Plum is an immersive and propulsive novel that doesn’t shy away from the viscerality of abuse and its long-term impact on a life. Author Andy Anderegg places ...

In his book The End of Trauma; How the New Science of Resilience Is Changing How We Think About PTSD, Bonanno says that humans are remarkably flexible and adaptable and that most people are resilient ...

Heather Christle’s “In the Rhododendrons: A Memoir with Appearances by Virginia Woolf” is an unusual blend of personal and literary history.

In “God and Trauma,” Jones shares her personal story and provides a process for those who find themselves in the dissonance between a faith-filled life and living through suffering and ...

The razor blades everyone dismissed and the spleen rupture that required running blood bags — two physicians’ first saves.