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Essays on writing trauma and trauma-informed writing, somatic writing practices, and writing as survival.

Erik Fuhrer on a West Hollywood balcony at sunset, header image for The Body as Prewriting, an essay on the body as prewriting, an essay on trauma-informed writing and writing as survival
Week 1

The Body as Prewriting

A somatic writing practice for trauma-informed writers

On the body's refusal, horror as a container for writing trauma, the hairdresser's chair, fifteen years with Kim, and joy as what survival is for.

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