In the Shadow of MemoryIn December 1988 Floyd Skloot was stricken by a virus that targeted his brain, leaving him totally disabled and utterly changed. In the Shadow of Memory is an intimate picture of what it is like to find oneself possessed of a ravaged memory and unstable balance and confronted by wholesale changes in both cognitive and emotional powers. Skloot also explores the gradual reassembling of himself, putting together his scattered memories, rediscovering the meaning of childhood and family history, and learning a new way to be at home in the world. Combining the author’s skills as a poet and novelist, this book finds humor, meaning, and hope in the story of a fragmented life made whole by love and the courage to thrive. |
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... Writing of 2001 " in The Best Amer- ican Science and Nature Writing 2002 ( Houghton Mifflin , 2002 ) . " Dating Slapsie " was named a Notable Essay of 2001 in The Best American Essays 2002 ( Houghlin Mifflin , 2002 ) . " Gray Area ...
... Writing of 2001 " in The Best Amer- ican Science and Nature Writing 2002 ( Houghton Mifflin , 2002 ) . " Dating Slapsie " was named a Notable Essay of 2001 in The Best American Essays 2002 ( Houghlin Mifflin , 2002 ) . " Gray Area ...
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... write slowly , to leave blank spaces where I cannot find words that I seek , compose in fragments and without an overall ordering principle or imposed form . I ex- plore and make discoveries in my writing now , never quite sure where I ...
... write slowly , to leave blank spaces where I cannot find words that I seek , compose in fragments and without an overall ordering principle or imposed form . I ex- plore and make discoveries in my writing now , never quite sure where I ...
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... write something new altogether , using only bits of his existing Joey ma- terial and developing a fresh story with characters invented for the stage . It took him longer than any of the participants had antici- pated . In fact , Rodgers ...
... write something new altogether , using only bits of his existing Joey ma- terial and developing a fresh story with characters invented for the stage . It took him longer than any of the participants had antici- pated . In fact , Rodgers ...
Contents
Thinking with a Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
Copyright | |
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