Trauma Syllabus
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1 “champagne-coated” 2 has its own narrative
6 creator of material that 3 traumatized children, detach, float;
encompasses scars, humor, heart, topsy-turvy awareness
conflict, music, energy, personal 4 the immense fragility
stories, culture 5 Nox
12 a decorated wooden framework 7 Our household was
supporting the coffin 8 Love is not love till love’s _____
13 I was locked in a _____ 9 “stop being a _____
14 I don’t want to romanticize 10 emotion I trusted more than love
15 dog owners’ live revolve around 11 number of times violated
_____ 16 He bore a resemblance to Don
20 revolting phrase Knotts
22 was what kept our family together 17 an insolvable question
23 Her name was Margaret but 18 Injury felt so right a word
everyone called her 19 exists in trauma’s complexities
24 grief is 21 the lone mountain lion in Griffith Park
Yvonne Conza’s writing has appeared in Longreads, The Believer, Electric Literature, LARB, Bomb Magazine, AGNI, The Rumpus, Joyland Magazine, Blue Mesa Review, Ex/Post, and elsewhere. London’s Dodo Ink and Scotland’s Epoch Press have included her work in the 2021 anthologies Trauma: Art As a Response to Mental Health and Aftermath. LATEST TWITTER INSTAGRAM
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