The Ghosts of Our Mothers in “Drawing Breath” – Chicago Review of Books

The Ghosts of Our Mothers in “Drawing Breath” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] While Gayle Brandeis was writing her best-known book, The Art of Misdiagnosis, she attended a retreat at St. Mary’s Art Center in Virginia City, Nevada. Settling into her Victoriana room for the weekend, she prepared to transcribe her mother’s documentary, the last artwork her mother produced before hanging herself. Brandeis didn’t believe in the … Read more

An Interview with Gayle Brandeis about “Drawing Breath” – Chicago Review of Books

An Interview with Gayle Brandeis about “Drawing Breath” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] How many of us appreciate the miracle that is our breath? Appreciate our bodies—our whole bodies, including our curves, our folds, our very flesh? What do breath, the body, and our feelings about both, have to do with writing anyway? If you were to ask Gayle Brandeis what breath and the body have to … Read more