REVIEW: Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness edited by Diane Gottlieb Reviewed by Sarah Evans in hippocampus magazine
As I sit reading the essay collection Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness (ELJ Editions; October 2023), I attempt to maneuver my left leg into a position where my knee isn’t retaliating with pain. I wonder if my younger years as a softball shortstop have finally caught up to me, or if the knee doesn’t like the COVID weight I put on during those years where everyone was supposed to stay away from everyone else.