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Louise Mathewson: Author’s writing transformed by trauma
Listen to this post: I recently came across author and poet Louise Mathewson. You can find some of her TBI-related and non-TBI poetry on her website www.louisemathewson.com. Here is the press release describing her new memoir, which shares the process and tools she used to recover after her severe traumatic brain injury. “A car accident shattered…
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Film for education and advocacy
Listen to this post: Not long ago, my brain injury made a decision for me: go on medical leave from my job as a speech therapist because I was too impaired to work. Um, awkward. Didn’t I just finish this degree where I learned how to help people with brain injury get back to their…
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Working with Linda Chase from One Week Job
Listen to this post: I love to carry on about how easy it is to write comedy films and stand up comedy routines about my regular daily life. But one thing that’s hard for me to joke about is my new disorganization and inability to hang onto the bigger picture and the small details at…
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Painter Kris Haas launches USA Projects campaign
Listen to this post: Here’s some super exciting news! It feels like Kris Haas and I have sometimes moved in parallel lines. And now we have made a circle. My first idea for making “Who Am I To Stop It” came because I wanted to share with the world my appreciation and admiration for Kris…
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Guest Blogger Michael Brewer on writing and hip hop
Listen to this post: I had a conversation with Michael recently about his writing. I stopped by to look at some stories and essays he’s written, but he couldn’t get to them because of computer problems. So he introduced me to his other love: writing hip hop lyrics. He has at least three songs talking…