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Aphasia as Form and Discontent: Adaptations of a Post-Stroke Poet and Teacher
Divergent Writers: Disability, Illness, Neurodivergence, and Ableism in Creative Writing, pp.13-27
Bloomsbury Academic, 1st
02/2026
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Abstract
[1]As a stroke-survivor with aphasia and ongoing physical deficits, I consider the challenges in negotiating the creative writing classroom and academia more generally throughout this essay. After outlining how my aphasia has shaped my teaching practice, I explore—through the work of poets and theorists as well as my own creative practice—how aphasia might suggest a form or style and new possibilities for writers. The essay closes with some creative activities for aphasia poetry.
Details
- Title
- Aphasia as Form and Discontent: Adaptations of a Post-Stroke Poet and Teacher
- Creators
- Aidan Coleman - Southern Cross University
- Contributors
- Christie Collins (Editor of compilation) - Mississippi State UniversitySaul Lemerond (Editor of compilation) - Hanover College
- Publication Details
- Divergent Writers: Disability, Illness, Neurodivergence, and Ableism in Creative Writing, pp.13-27
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic; London, UK
- Edition
- 1st
- Identifiers
- 991013354462502368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter