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In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of 39 of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the impact of one of our six main senses: touch. Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able to touch, or to have to go without it—as so many did and still do because of the pandemic; how transmissions such as texting may impede opportunities for touch while those like Zoom may make it possible for people who otherwise might be left behind to be ""in touch."" From the experience of touching beloved animals, to the lifechanging ways in which books and performances can touch us, virtually all aspects of touch are acknowledged in these pages.

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"In a time of pandemic, touch is a risk and a luxury. Touch informs life not only as an intimacy but also as a teacher. Thanks to the editors of this vivid anthology for gathering writers’ accounts that remind us of connections in crisis, help us laugh and grieve, and allow us finally to be touched."" - Hilda Raz, author of Letter from a Place I've Never Been: New and Collected Poems, 1986-2020"

In a time of pandemic, touch is a risk and a luxury. Touch informs life not only as an intimacy but also as a teacher. Thanks to the editors of this vivid anthology for gathering writers' accounts that remind us of connections in crisis, help us laugh and grieve, and allow us finally to be touched.--Hilda Raz author of Letter from a Place I've Never Been: New and Collected Poems, 1986-2020

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Joan Schweighardt is the author of nine novels, a memoir, and two children’s books, along with various magazine articles. Some of her books include The Accidental Art Thief and Homebodies. Faye Rapoport Despres is a journalist and creative writer who has written personal essays, fiction, and book reviews. She has been published in the Writer’s Chronicle, Prime Number Magazine, and Superstition Review, among others. Anne-Marie Oomen is the author of The Lake Michigan Mermaid (coauthored with Linda Nemec Foster), Pulling Down the Barn, House of Fields, An American Map: Essays, Uncoded Woman, and Love, Sex, and 4-H. She has written seven plays, including the award-winning The Secrets of Luuce Talk Tavern. She is a poetry and nonfiction instructor at Solstice MFA at Lasell University and Interlochen College of Creative Arts. She and her husband, David Early, live in their handmade house near Traverse City, Michigan.

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