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MAIS 621: Narrative Possibilities: The Transformative Power of Writing, Story, and Poetry in Personal and Professional Development (Rev. 4) Report a Broken Link

Course Textbooks and Resources

Textbooks
Anderson C. M., & MacCurdy, M. M. (Eds.). (2000). Writing & healing: Toward an informed practice. National Council of Teachers of English. 
Charon, R. (2008). Narrative medicine: Honoring the stories of illness. Oxford University Press.
Den Elzen, K., & Lengelle, R. (Eds.). (2023). Writing for wellbeing: Research, theory, and practice. Routledge.
Lengelle, R. (2008). Blossom & balsam: Poems that reveal and heal (2nd ed.). Black Tulip Press.
Lengelle, R. (2017). Happy: Poems and reflections for writing and healing the self. Black Tulip Press.
Stafford, Kim. (2003). The muses among us: Eloquent listening and other pleasures of the writer’s craft. University of Georgia Press.
Journals
Journal of Autoethnography, University of California Press.
Lapidus International Research and Innovation Community (LIRIC) Journal, Lapidus.
European Journal for Biblio/Poetry Therapy (EJBPT), Hungarian Association for Biblio/Poetry Therapy.
Journal of Poetry Therapy, 1987–2002, Springer
Journal of Poetry Therapy, 2003–Present, Taylor & Francis.
Writing for Well-Being Research Database
McBarron, K. Writing for Wellbeing Research Database. Lapidus.
Helpful Websites
Lapidus International
Central Europe 2020 Bibliotherapy Project, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
National Association for Poetry Therapy
International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy
Dreamers Creative Writing

Unit 1: Getting Started in the Field of Writing for Well-Being

Keyes, R. (2003). Spit in the face of despair. In The writer’s book of hope (pp. 187–190). H. Holt.

Unit 4: Cultural Narratives and Healing

Lengelle, R. (2008). Second landing: An immigration story. In L. Goyette (Ed.), The story that brought me here: To Alberta from everywhere (pp. 68–76). Brindle and Glass.
Lengelle, R. (2024). Professor out of a suitcase (or Ferris Bueller’s year off). In A. Grant & E. Lloyd-Parkes (Eds.), Meaningful journeys: Autoethnographies of quest and identity transformation (pp. 167–186). Routledge.
Lengelle, R., Jardine, C., & Bonnar, C. (2018). Writing the self for reconciliation and global citizenship: The inner dialogue and creative voices for cultural healing. In F. Meijers, & H. J. M. Hermans (Eds.), The dialogical self theory in education: A multicultural perspective (pp. 81–96). Springer.

Unit 5: Narratives and Poetry in Health Care

Béres, L., Getchell, L., & Perera, A. (2024). Connecting to resilience, hope, and spirituality through a narrative therapy and narrative medicine creative writing group for people affected by cancer. Religions, 15(5), 612.
Breen, A. M. (2022). Beyond the blue gown: Privileging the patient experience to transform health care planning and delivery. Journal of Autoethnography, 3(4), 493–509.
Lehmann, O. V., Neimeyer, R. A., Thimm, J., Hjeltnes, A., Lengelle, R., & Kalstad, T. G. (2022). Experiences of Norwegian mothers attending an online course of therapeutic writing after the unexpected loss of a child. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 809848.

Unit 6: Career Learning—Writing in Professional Contexts

Lengelle, R. & Meijers, F. (2019). Poetic reflexivity and the birth of career writing: An autoethnographic love story. In J. Maree (Ed.), Handbook of innovative career counselling (pp. 539–556). Springer.
McNichol, A. K., Lengelle, R. & Poell, R. F. (2024). Career writing interventions for career learning: An integrative literature review. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 52(6), 1151–1180.
Meijers, F. & Lengelle, R. (2012). Narratives at work: The development of a career identity. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 40(2), 157–176.
Whyte, D. (2001). Courage and conversation: Setting out with a firm persuasion. In Crossing the unknown sea: Work as a pilgrimage of identity (pp. 3–8). Riverhead Books.
Whyte, D. (2001). The mountain farm: A stranger at the door. In Crossing the unknown sea: Work as a pilgrimage of identity (pp. 9–27). Riverhead Books.

Unit 9: Poetry as Alchemy

Chandra, P., & Verma, P. (2024). Mending wounds with words: The therapeutic nature of poetry. International Journal of Research in English, 6(2), 118–123.