Abstract
Because of a serious tear in the cartilage of the author’s left wrist, her life as she wants to live it has been seriously interrupted. To represent this experience of interruption, the author records the other interruptions of the day and week, structuring them as narrative interruptions. The author interrupts her text further by moving back in time to write of a horrendous interruption experienced as a young child: the denial to her of her left-handedness. Thus, the text links body trauma, emotional trauma, socialization practices, and the fluidity of self.
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