282 reviews for:

Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language

Roxane Gay

4.15 AVERAGE

reading_with_lungi's review against another edition

3.75

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lialeahlio's review against another edition

3.0

informative fast-paced

drwatsonjd's review against another edition

3.75

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wishbear's review against another edition

4.0

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i have no interest in writing but this was so good! loved reading and listening to hunger a few years back hehe roxane gay is truly a gift! looking forward to reading and supporting her other work

woolfinbooks's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Police brutality

Minor: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Mass/school shootings, War

The "medical trauma" is a mention of female genital mutilation There is a lot of discussion about COVID near the end of the book

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informative inspiring fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

booknerdbetty's review against another edition

5.0

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4.0

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heidipolkissa82's review against another edition

5.0

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laurelinwonder's review against another edition

5.0

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Gay has a way with words and I can't stop reading her work. Because not only is the language beautiful, a content is inquisitive and heartbreaking, and completely honest. In this particular collection Gay asks how we can write about trauma while not harming ourselves, exploiting others, or triggering other readers. As well as a syllabus that's well worth peeking it.