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Blemishes (Joshua Mohr)
Sun, 2010-02-21 16:52 — GabrielleA short story in which the parents of a teenager are cataloguing their daughter's cuts. Their helplessness in the face of the daughter's self-injury is familiar, as is the removal of sharp objects in the family home.
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There were no consequences. There was just her husband’s notepad of wounds that they gave to the therapist, who didn’t seem do to anything except bill for $115 an hour, and nothing was getting better.
Full Text: http://webdelsol.com/Other_Voices/Mohr2.htm
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Joe (Peter Carey)
Sun, 2012-04-08 05:37 — GabrielleThis story focuses on Joe, a young man who is being ousted from his family. Due to the stress of his situation he self-injures by picking scabs and warts. Digging down to the nerve endings generates calm in him.
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Screenwriter (Charles D'Ambrosio)
Fri, 2010-02-05 06:42 — GabrielleAbout a clinically depressed screenwriter who ends up in a psychiatric ward after mentioning suicide to his doctors. He meets a ballerina who burns herself and forms a strange relationship with her. An interesting viewpoint and after all the protagonist's romanticizing of self-injury gets more realistic.
Quote:
"Where exactly do you put your hands on somebody who hurts everywhere?"
Can be read at The New Yorker's website here: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/12/08/031208fi_fiction
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