Pub Date : 2022-12-16DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2155078
Marcello Giovanelli
ABSTRACT During 2020, sales of books increased as readers found more time to engage with fiction and return to books that provided comfort and a sense of escapism. The Covid-19 pandemic also provided the space for a new genre, “covid fiction”, to emerge. This article examines the sub-genre of “covid poetry” by integrating text and reader response data analysis to examine the representation of the pandemic experience in Michele Witthaus’ poem “The new shape of fear”. Analysis of the data reveals that participants interpret and discuss the poem by drawing on foregrounded language features in the text, reflecting on their own pandemic experiences and demonstrating empathy with the experiences of others. These findings demonstrate that covid poetry may have particular interpretative effects that are geared towards self- and other-understanding. Overall, the article sets out some first steps towards examining the stylistic characteristics and interpretative effects of this emerging and important genre.
在2020年，随着读者有更多的时间参与小说，并回到那些提供舒适和逃避现实感的书籍中，图书销量有所增长。covid -19大流行还为“covid - fiction”这一新类型的出现提供了空间。本文通过整合文本和读者反应数据分析来研究“covid诗歌”的子体裁，以考察米歇尔·威特豪斯(Michele Witthaus)的诗歌《恐惧的新形态》(the new shape of fear)中对疫情经历的表现。对数据的分析表明，参与者通过利用文本中突出的语言特征，反思自己的大流行经历，并对他人的经历表示同情，来解释和讨论这首诗。这些发现表明，covid - 19诗歌可能具有特定的解释性作用，有利于自我和他人的理解。总的来说，本文为研究这一新兴而重要的体裁的风格特征和解释效果迈出了一些初步的步骤。
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Pub Date : 2022-11-28DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2148135
J. Blundell, S. Poole
ABSTRACT Unexpectedly taking place in the midst of a pandemic, this research examined historical and contemporary assumptions about the relationship between storytelling and wellbeing and asked how a shared reading group might be used to help repair individuals and communities as they emerge into the post-Covid world. It asked how storytelling can help us to come to terms with the collective trauma we have experienced by developing empathy and enlarging identity, and considered the role of digital technology in creating safe spaces for connection and reflection. The research aimed to provide a nuanced and in-depth account of the experience of shared reading for wellbeing, and to make practical recommendations for the future of such initiatives in community settings. It identified significant risks in shared reading and asked how these can be minimised, whilst being wary of stifling the many benefits of creativity by becoming too risk averse.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-21DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2146467
Karen V. Lee
ABSTRACT The author uses poetic-autoethnography to share the complexities of her personal emotional experience as a perpetual griever with on-going sorrow about the traumatic loss of both her fathers. She writes sonnets to memorialize the loss that triggers memories. Poetic-autoethnography becomes therapeutic as she shares how her life has been interrupted by the cultural and social phenomena of losing significant parental figures.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-18DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2147033
M. Hosseini, E. Punzi
ABSTRACT This paper concerns young adults who came to Sweden from Afghanistan as unaccompanied refugee minors (UMs) and their engagement with poetry and other creative activities. The aim was to explore how UMs use poetic writing and other creative activities to handle resettlement challenges. Seven young men and six young women, aged 18–24, participated in semi-structured interviews. The material was analyzed using the three components of poetry therapy, developed by Mazza. Three themes were identified: (1) Encouragement; (2) Creative expressions as a “safe place”; and (3) A sense of recognition. Through creative expressions, our participants could understand and handle the emotional difficulties and the insecurity associated with resettlement. Poetic writing was a way to convey personal experiences of injustices, a source of self-understanding, and a way to establish new social networks. We discuss and present suggestions on how poetry and other creative activities can be integrated in interventions toward UMs.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-15DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2138592
Laura Bruneau, J. Tucker
ABSTRACT As stories shape how children make sense of their world, children must see themselves in the books they read. Children’s literature has the potential to spark conversations that enhance understanding of race, antiracism, and advocacy. Indeed, recently there has been a marked increase in the number of antiracist children’s books that address these issues directly. To that end, we offer book recommendations about race, representation, Black history and culture, antiracism, and activism and advocacy. Further, through a case vignette, counselors who work with children will gain foundational knowledge in applying culturally-affirmative bibliotherapy. Counselors will also learn concrete ways to communicate to Black children that they are accepted, appreciated, and celebrated for their racial and ethnic diversity.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-10DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2131473
I. Levy, B. Keum
ABSTRACT This mixed-methods single-subject design study explored the impact of Hip Hop based counselor education coursework on school counseling master’s student’s multicultural competence development. In this study, students were trained in using a Hip Hop mixtape-making model for group work, and then facilitated small-groups during their internships. Analysis of repeated survey measures and two focus groups detail the impact of this novel training program on the participants’ development and offer implications for research and practice.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-06DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2117999
Meagan Corrado, Gillian Murray, Toorjo Ghose
ABSTRACT Urban youth are exposed to high levels of trauma. Trauma narratives are included in trauma treatment best practices, however, there are conflicting perspectives about the trauma narrative process. The Storiez intervention divides the trauma narrative process into nine steps that collectively focus on youth reflection, organization of memories, creative expression, and development of future vision. Master’s level therapists (n = 15) received Storiez training and materials. Six to eight weeks after training, 12 therapists participated in qualitative interviews. Interviews were analyzed using grounded theory. Three themes emerged: (1) It gives them a voice the way they want the voice, (2) It doesn’t require a lot of fancy gadgets and gizmos, and (3) Trauma doesn’t define them. Participant responses about the intervention’s portability, inclusion of strengths, simplicity, and cultural competence highlighted a paucity in the literature. The study’s findings preliminarily speak to the success of Storiez and highlight the need for future research.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-02DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2113277
B. Kingston
ABSTRACT The gravity of the climate crisis, the damage attributable to the actions of humankind and the need for urgent action to avert catastrophe are all well established. Despite knowing these scientific facts, we continue to act as if we are not fully awake to the reality of the threat to all life on earth. In this piece of literary criticism, I will look at some of Jori Graham's poetry to explore how poetic transformation of the facts about the climate crisis could contribute to our awakening to what is at stake and how her work could facilitate conversation between us about the psychological impacts that we experience. I will also refer briefly to Denise Levertov's writing on the concept of irremediable damage to the earth.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-26DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2089688
Tomomi Yamashita
ABSTRACT The current research studied the possible functions of interactive bibliotherapy when implemented for international students. Four international students studying in a university in London participated in five interactive bibliotherapy sessions. Each participant underwent an interview after the sessions, and the contents were transcribed and analysed through a thematic analysis. A total of 4 main themes and 11 subthemes were extracted. It was shown that international students, who were having difficulty in accessing psychological aid, joined the interactive bibliotherapy sessions with relative ease. Sessions provided them a space where they could lay aside their normal routine, and freely express themselves. It was also a space whereby participants were able to become aware of their stress, and had the opportunity to do some retrospection on their selves, all the while gaining flexibility. Lastly, the current research presented a model of interactive bibliotherapy for international students.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-25DOI: 10.1080/08893675.2022.2115696
Daneshwar Sharma
ABSTRACT Students come to schools and college to not only learn academic subjects but also gain personal effectiveness skills for life. During the developmental and transition phase of growing up, young students can face a lot of issues and problems related to the self and their surroundings. The participants of this research were post-graduate management students who suffered from a lack of self-management skills. A reading course/intervention based on Shrodes (1950) model of bibliotherapy was developed. Using developmental and didactic bibliotherapy based on CBT a short reading course was conducted with 138 students. Reflective writing and discussion activities were conducted along with group reading. The impact of the reading course/intervention was analyzed using descriptive research methods (paired sample t-test) and qualitative reading of the reflective writing. The intervention has been successful in bringing positive habit formation and attitude change in the students.
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