MTS 15: Disability in literature & writing about life in a particular body with Rebeckah Taussig

In this episode I talk with Rebekah Taussig, one of Under the Gum Tree’s previous contributors. Rebekah is a writer and teacher with her PhD in creative nonfiction and disability studies from the University of Kansas. She is interested in the powerful connection between the stories we tell and the tangible world we live in. You can find her essays in Under the Gum Tree and The Florida Review and can follow her flash-memoirs on her Instagram @sitting_pretty. Her essay “Reupholstered” appears in the October 2016 issue of Under the Gum Tree.In this episode we talk about:Wanting to make sense of the world through wordsDisability stories in nineteenth century literatureThe Moonstone and Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie CollinsResponses of Rebekah's students in her high school disability and literature classThe challenge and discomfort engaging with "others," people who are different from we areRebekah's experience of transitioning to using a wheelchair as a childWriting life stories that are shaped by Rebekah's experience with her bodyRebekah's memoir Do You Feel This: The Story of a Voice Lost and ReclaimedWriting flash-flash memoir on InstagramVisit Rebekah online at rebekahtaussig.com and follow her on Instagram @sitting_prettyVisit us online at moretothestorypodcast.com and visit Under the Gum Tree at underthegumtree.com. Follow Under the Gum Tree Twitter and Instagram @undergumtree. Follow me on Twitter @justjanna and @jannamarlies on Instagram. Find out about my 6-week email audio course at jannamarlies.com/cnf101course. Get full access to More to the Story with Janna Maron at moretothestory.substack.com/subscribe