“Connective Tissue” is a new book series devoted to the health humanities and narrative medicine.
The series explores the human condition and its intersection with health, illness and healing through the lens of the humanities and its methodologies, as well as through expressive creative works that illuminate people’s lived experiences with health, illness and medicine.
The series seeks to publish books that cover innovative approaches to health care, integrating expressive arts and humanities practices into health settings, as well as books of creative nonfiction writing that artfully render stories of illness, disability and health care.
Renée K. Nicholson, the series editor, holds a certificate of professional achievement in narrative medicine from Columbia University. She is a contributing writer for Synapsis: A Journal of Health Humanities and creative partner in the art and storytelling initiative Healthcare Is Human.
Nicholson is the author of “Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness” and two collections of poetry, and co-editor of the award-winning anthology “Bodies of Truth: Personal Narratives of Illness, Disability, and Medicine.”
Find more information on Nicholson and the distinguished series advisors.