Renée K. Nicholson
@reneeknicholson.bsky.social
Love Prince & dogs & dancers & cover songs & champagne & Vermeer. New Book: FEVERDREAM March 2026 (Redhawk Publications). Series editor, Connective Tissue @WVUPRESS. Contributing writer: https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/. Partner: Healthcare Is Human.
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Rachel Weaver woke up dizzy in her early thirties—and it never fully went away. Dizzy: A Memoir, part of WVU Press’s Connective Tissue series, explores chronic illness, misdiagnoses, and care that doesn’t listen. Out now.
#literarymemoir #chronicillness #patientadvocacy @reneeknicholson.bsky.social
#literarymemoir #chronicillness #patientadvocacy @reneeknicholson.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Rachel Weaver woke up dizzy in her early thirties—and it never fully went away. Dizzy: A Memoir, part of WVU Press’s Connective Tissue series, explores chronic illness, misdiagnoses, and care that doesn’t listen. Out now.
#literarymemoir #chronicillness #patientadvocacy @reneeknicholson.bsky.social
#literarymemoir #chronicillness #patientadvocacy @reneeknicholson.bsky.social
When I first started Connective Tissue on @wvupress.bsky.social as Series Editor, I knew that it was an important series that needed to be in existence. Our 1st book, Dizzy by Rachel Weaver, out 2/10, reviewed by Maureen Corrigan from NPR:
www.npr.org/2026/02/09/n...
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'Dizzy' author recounts a decade of being marooned by chronic illness
Rachel Weaver worked for the Forest Service in Alaska where she scaled towering trees to study nature. But in 2006, she woke up and felt like she was being spun in a hurricane. Her memoir is Dizzy.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
When I first started Connective Tissue on @wvupress.bsky.social as Series Editor, I knew that it was an important series that needed to be in existence. Our 1st book, Dizzy by Rachel Weaver, out 2/10, reviewed by Maureen Corrigan from NPR:
www.npr.org/2026/02/09/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/09/n...
It's kind of a surreal experience to read about yourself in an essay. But with gratitude I'm sharing this lovely piece Ryan McCarthy, MD wrote about a poem I wrote about him:
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kevinmd.com/2026/01/poet...
The poet who changed my DNA
Poetry in medicine can heal the healer. A physician reflects on how poems by Robert Frost and Renée K. Nicholson restored his humanity.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:15 PM
It's kind of a surreal experience to read about yourself in an essay. But with gratitude I'm sharing this lovely piece Ryan McCarthy, MD wrote about a poem I wrote about him:
kevinmd.com/2026/01/poet...
kevinmd.com/2026/01/poet...
Friends, I really wanted to post something awesome today. But I'm heading to a reading tomorrow (I might be trying to outrun snow that's coming), and I'm all sorts of behind. Remember books to sell, square to take credit cards, toothbrush...
February 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Friends, I really wanted to post something awesome today. But I'm heading to a reading tomorrow (I might be trying to outrun snow that's coming), and I'm all sorts of behind. Remember books to sell, square to take credit cards, toothbrush...
Haven't been on Bluesky in ages, but this was such a fun event and just wanted to remind everyone that Austin's book is in the world and ready for you to read!
February 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Haven't been on Bluesky in ages, but this was such a fun event and just wanted to remind everyone that Austin's book is in the world and ready for you to read!
Come out to @barrelhouse.bsky.social C&C and write some poems with me!
We're starting to fill the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference program for 4/18! Thrilled to be bringing back crowd faves @wendywimmer.bsky.social and @reneeknicholson.bsky.social, and @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social is bringing Dolly Parton poetry! More soon. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
February 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Come out to @barrelhouse.bsky.social C&C and write some poems with me!
For those who love thoughtful commentary on product and process, check out this review by my friend, the multitalented @rebeccamoonruark.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/moonruar...
#bookreview #essay #TomLake #storytelling
#bookreview #essay #TomLake #storytelling
An essay review of Ann Patchett's Tom Lake
On storytelling's additions and omissions and what we can learn of craft from one of our best contemporary novelists
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December 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For those who love thoughtful commentary on product and process, check out this review by my friend, the multitalented @rebeccamoonruark.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/moonruar...
#bookreview #essay #TomLake #storytelling
#bookreview #essay #TomLake #storytelling
FEVERDREAM, my poetry collection, comes out in 2026.
These poems came when I finally gave myself time and space to write freely. The result wasn't just art—it was restoration.
Restorative writing: creating space to be whole in a fractured world. #FEVERDREAM #PoetryCollection #NarrativeMedicine
These poems came when I finally gave myself time and space to write freely. The result wasn't just art—it was restoration.
Restorative writing: creating space to be whole in a fractured world. #FEVERDREAM #PoetryCollection #NarrativeMedicine
December 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
FEVERDREAM, my poetry collection, comes out in 2026.
These poems came when I finally gave myself time and space to write freely. The result wasn't just art—it was restoration.
Restorative writing: creating space to be whole in a fractured world. #FEVERDREAM #PoetryCollection #NarrativeMedicine
These poems came when I finally gave myself time and space to write freely. The result wasn't just art—it was restoration.
Restorative writing: creating space to be whole in a fractured world. #FEVERDREAM #PoetryCollection #NarrativeMedicine
Today is birthday 53...celebrate with me by reading one of my favorite winter poems. Perhaps us winter-born have a special affinity to the austere winter images? But who can resist a "liquid moon?" #birthday
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www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45504/...
Winter Trees
All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees ...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today is birthday 53...celebrate with me by reading one of my favorite winter poems. Perhaps us winter-born have a special affinity to the austere winter images? But who can resist a "liquid moon?" #birthday
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45504/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45504/...
My last Substack of 2025, but no "best of" lists, I promise! A bit of Jane Austen, Claire Keegan, what's coming ahead in 2026, links to recent narrative medicine work, and a wish for the holidays.
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I'd like to comment... on what makes a book steadfast enough to read again and again
I don’t really do end of year reviews.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My last Substack of 2025, but no "best of" lists, I promise! A bit of Jane Austen, Claire Keegan, what's coming ahead in 2026, links to recent narrative medicine work, and a wish for the holidays.
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New in The Writer's Chronicle: my exploration of how creative writing programs can meaningfully integrate with healthcare through narrative medicine. #narrativemedicine #healthcarestories #creativewriting
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Narrative Medicine
Renée K. Nicholson explores new and evolving methods by writing programs, medical schools, and hospitals to link healing and storytelling.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
New in The Writer's Chronicle: my exploration of how creative writing programs can meaningfully integrate with healthcare through narrative medicine. #narrativemedicine #healthcarestories #creativewriting
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writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/2025-dec...
With FEVERDREAM waiting in the wings, if you wanted to get a copy of my previous collection, POSTSCRIPTS, you can get it for just over $6 on Amazon or an ePub version on Bookshop for $3.99.
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#poetry #christmaspresent #readpoetry
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#poetry #christmaspresent #readpoetry
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
With FEVERDREAM waiting in the wings, if you wanted to get a copy of my previous collection, POSTSCRIPTS, you can get it for just over $6 on Amazon or an ePub version on Bookshop for $3.99.
a.co/d/dTYy7OY
bookshop.org/p/books/post...
#poetry #christmaspresent #readpoetry
a.co/d/dTYy7OY
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#poetry #christmaspresent #readpoetry
Check out this lovely flash essay by my friend Caroline Wampole, in Pangyrus! #flashnonfiction #CNF #writingfriends
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www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir...
Background Music | Pangyrus
That first year in Cambridge with the junkies in the hall and no heat because your mother could only pay 90 dollars a month instead of the 110 the landlord ...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Check out this lovely flash essay by my friend Caroline Wampole, in Pangyrus! #flashnonfiction #CNF #writingfriends
www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir...
www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir...
First look at the cover to FEVERDREAM, featuring art by my friend and ongoing collaborator @sallery_art! #coverreveal #poetrycollection #narrativemedicine
December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
First look at the cover to FEVERDREAM, featuring art by my friend and ongoing collaborator @sallery_art! #coverreveal #poetrycollection #narrativemedicine
My latest Substack takes a look at a debut novel by @pennyzang.bsky.social , and includes updates on what’s on my TBR pile, announcements about FEVERDREAM, and more. #bookreview
#writinglife
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#writinglife
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I'd like to comment… on DOLL PARTS by Penny Zang
As Charlie Brown might say, another holiday over, another fast approaching.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My latest Substack takes a look at a debut novel by @pennyzang.bsky.social , and includes updates on what’s on my TBR pile, announcements about FEVERDREAM, and more. #bookreview
#writinglife
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#writinglife
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Ten years of narrative medicine practice meets poetry exploring home, illness, grief, & what medical charts can't capture. FEVERDREAM (Redhawk, 2026) explores illness, grief, and healing. Contact me for e-ARCs or to discuss readings/lectures. Pub date & other details to follow soon! #book
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ten years of narrative medicine practice meets poetry exploring home, illness, grief, & what medical charts can't capture. FEVERDREAM (Redhawk, 2026) explores illness, grief, and healing. Contact me for e-ARCs or to discuss readings/lectures. Pub date & other details to follow soon! #book
Calling all Health Humanities & Narrative Medicine scholars and book reviewers! I'm excited to announce that advance e-ARCs of DIZZY, a memoir by Rachel Weaver, are now available for pre-publication review. If you're interested in receiving an advance copy for review, please reach out. #bookreview
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Calling all Health Humanities & Narrative Medicine scholars and book reviewers! I'm excited to announce that advance e-ARCs of DIZZY, a memoir by Rachel Weaver, are now available for pre-publication review. If you're interested in receiving an advance copy for review, please reach out. #bookreview
8-hour drive home from a writing retreat = 8 more hours of creative work.
The mountains, the silence, the movement—sometimes the best writing happens when you're not actually writing.
Find those in-between moments. They matter.
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess
The mountains, the silence, the movement—sometimes the best writing happens when you're not actually writing.
Find those in-between moments. They matter.
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
8-hour drive home from a writing retreat = 8 more hours of creative work.
The mountains, the silence, the movement—sometimes the best writing happens when you're not actually writing.
Find those in-between moments. They matter.
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess
The mountains, the silence, the movement—sometimes the best writing happens when you're not actually writing.
Find those in-between moments. They matter.
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess
Navy blue ink is changing my life for the better.
September 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Navy blue ink is changing my life for the better.
Wanted to share this essay by Chris Campanioni , which is so much about writing--as vocation, as process, as way of being in the world: theoffingmag.com/essay/the-sp...
#writingcommunity #essay #writinglife
#writingcommunity #essay #writinglife
The Spell of Exile - The Offing
Essay - The Offing Magazine
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September 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Wanted to share this essay by Chris Campanioni , which is so much about writing--as vocation, as process, as way of being in the world: theoffingmag.com/essay/the-sp...
#writingcommunity #essay #writinglife
#writingcommunity #essay #writinglife
Am I taking a course through the comité champagne as research for a new novel? 😉
#writinglife #writingresearch #champagne #novel #WIP
#writinglife #writingresearch #champagne #novel #WIP
September 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Am I taking a course through the comité champagne as research for a new novel? 😉
#writinglife #writingresearch #champagne #novel #WIP
#writinglife #writingresearch #champagne #novel #WIP
This is such a cute and clever way to promote a book!
September 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is such a cute and clever way to promote a book!
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I like to think Robert Redford and Paul Newman make new movies together in the great beyond.
September 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I like to think Robert Redford and Paul Newman make new movies together in the great beyond.
I'd like to Comment... on MOONFLOWER by Phillip Shabazz
“Language is a saint suffering thorns
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September 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM