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MWWC Article Publication

Maine Women Writers’ Collection director Jennifer Tuttle and Curator Cathleen Miller have published an article in the Journal of Medical Humanities.

Growing out of a presentation at the Artists’ Books and the Medical Humanities symposium at the University of Kent in 2016, Jennifer S. Tuttle and Cathleen Miller explore the use of Martha A. Hall’s artists’ books documenting her experience of cancer with future health professionals at UNE in “Unruly Voices: Artists’ Books and Humanities Archives in Health Professions Education.” Hall’s books have become a cornerstone of medical humanities pedagogy at the Maine Women Writers Collection because of their emotional directness and their impact on readers.

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