Low Explosions: Writings on the Body
Edited by Casie Fedukovich with Steve Sparks
Low Explosions: Writings on the Body (2006) is the seventh anthology from the Knoxville Writers' Guild. Low Explosions: Writings on the Body, a collection of stories, essays, poems, and illustrations from 97 contributors in some way related to the human body. "All of the pieces contend with some major explosion, whether actual—heart attacks and orgasms—or metaphorical—the author's realization that he or she is 'that age' or 'that weight' or 'that color'," editor Casie Fedukovich writes in the introduction. "Explosions, on any scale, are disruptive, but many of the pieces [in the book] move beyond the initial eruption of body, mind, or spirit to bring the reader to a quiet and satisfied end."
From the Back Cover
"No matter the differences of genetic chance, each of us shares in the one universal human experience, living in the body. Whether the vessel is perfect or blemished, cherished or despised, it houses the essence of us, of humanness. The awareness of our bodies give us art: storytelling, rhythmic movement, song, the impulse to share experience. Low Explosions takes a frank look at living in the body, making the journey from young to old, coming together, becoming divided, the state of being within the body, our primal landscape."
— Jane Hicks, author Blood and Bone Remember