Sonya Huber is an American essayist and writer of memoir and literary nonfiction. She is an associate professor of creative writing at Fairfield University.[1] She is the author of Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System, Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir, Opa Nobody, and other books. Huber's essays have appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, Hotel Amerika, LitHub, The Rumpus, River Teeth, among other literary journals, and in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Washington Post, and the Washington Post Magazine.
Sonya Huber was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois, in 1971 and grew up in New Lenox, Illinois.
Educationedit
Huber earned a BA at Carleton College in 1993 and a Master of Arts in journalism from the Ohio State University in 2000 through the Kiplinger Fellowship in Public Interest Journalism and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at the Ohio State University in 2004.
Careeredit
Huber began teaching writing Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, in 2011 and as of 2018, was an associate professor there.[2][3] She formerly taught at Georgia Southern University and Ashland University.
She published Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir in 2010,[4] and was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.[2] She wrote Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System five years after her symptoms began.[5] In 2011, she published the textbook The Backwards Research Guide for Writers: Using Your Life for Reflection, Connection, and Inspiration.[1] In 2008, after researching archival German records, she published the creative nonfiction book Opa Nobody, about the anti-Nazi activist work of her grandfather.[2][6]
In March 2020, she contracted COVID-19, with months of ongoing symptoms.[7]
She served as guest editor for Experiences of Disability, a special issue of Brevity in September 2020.[8] She is the editor of Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose and has served as a nonfiction editor for Literary Mama.
Activismedit
A disability advocate, Huber was one of the creators of the 2017 online Disability March.[9][10] She has been vocal on the topics of disability and for treatment and support for chronic pain patients.[11][12] She served on the Community Leadership Council of the National Pain Advocacy Center.[13] She was active with Jobs with Justice between 1998 and 2004.
Supremely Tiny Acts: A One-Day Memoir, Mad Creek Books. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 2021. ISBN978-0814258040
Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. ISBN978-0803299917.[18][19][5]
The "Backwards" Research Guide for Writers: Using Your Life for Reflection, Connection, and Inspiration. Writing & Pedagogy Series. London: Equinox Publications, 2011. ISBN978-1845534424
Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir. Class in America Series. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2010. ISBN978-0803226234[4]
Opa Nobody. American Lives Series. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Paperback, 2013. ISBN978-0803210806[21][22][2][6]
Essaysedit
"The Three Words That Almost Ruined Me As a Writer: Show, Don’t Tell." Lithub, Sept. 27, 2019.
"Between One and Ten Thousand." Another Chicago Magazine, Dec. 10, 2018.
"Starbucks and Shipwrecks." Creative Nonfiction, February 2019.
"Writing with and Through Pain." LitHub, June 25, 2018.
"Need and Smoke: Voices on Addiction." The Rumpus, March 26, 2018.
"Does ‘Count Your Blessings’ Work?" The Atlantic, January 4, 2018.
"Stop Dismissing Midwestern Literature." Electric Literature, December 13, 2017.
"The Lunch Lady and Her Three-Headed Dogs." Brevity, Jan. 17, 2017. Reprinted in The Best of Brevity: Twenty Groundbreaking Years of Flash Nonfiction.[23]
"Divorce Papers: One of the Best Christmas Gifts I’ve Ever Received." Washington Post online, Dec. 22, 2016.
"Flying the Flannel." Vela, July 14, 2016.
"I take opioids to treat chronic pain. Stigmatizing them will harm me." The Guardian online, June 22, 2016.
"If Woman is Five." River Teeth 17.3, Spring 2016.
"In the Grip of the Sky." Creative Nonfiction 58, Winter 2016.
"Life is Good." DIAGRAM 16.2, April 2016.
"The Lava Lamp of Pain." The Rumpus, Dec. 28, 2014.
"How the ‘Trophy Just for Showing Up’ is Earned." New York Times Motherlode Blog online, March 6, 2014.[24]
"A Day in the Grammar of Disease." Brevity: The Journal of Concise Nonfiction 43, May 2013.
"Love and Industry: A Midwestern Workbook." Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments, Jan. 15, 2013.
"Glass Beads." Baltimore Review, Summer 2012.
"Breastfeeding Dick Cheney." Creative Nonfiction 43, Fall/Winter 2011.
"Prescriptions." Sweet: A Literary Confection 1:2, Spring 2009.
"Homage to a Bridge." Fourth Genre 10:2, Fall 2008.
"Employee + Child(ren)." The Washington Post Magazine, Aug. 24, 2008.
"In Medias Res." Literary Mama, Fall 2006. Reprinted in Mama Ph.D. anthology, ed. Caroline Grant and Elrena Evans. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008.
"My Men." Fourth Genre 4:1, Spring 2002.
Referencesedit
^ ab"Sonya Huber". Fairfield University. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ abcdeLang, Joel (December 23, 2018). "Defying fences, doors and mud, intrepid author explores her adopted city, Bridgeport". CT Post. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ ab"Cover Me". Kirkus Reviews. June 28, 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ abLeahy, Anna (September 28, 2018). "What Does It Mean To Live With A Body That Can't Be Fixed?". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ abcZimmerman, Kevin (August 4, 2016). "Fairfield University professor charts Hillary Clinton's life in new book". Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^Brindley, Emily (December 27, 2020). "Damaged nerves, scarred lungs, exhausted bodies: Some COVID-19 patients face a long haul that can last for months". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^Brown, Keah; Huber, Sonya; Montgomery, Sarah Fawn (September 12, 2020). "Experiences of Disability: Our Guest Editors in Conversation". Brevity Blog.
^Vargas, Theresa (Jan 24, 2017). "They Want a Voice: Disabled People Who Couldn't Go to the Women's March Found a Way to Be Heard". Washington Post.
^Wanshel, Elyse (January 20, 2017). "People With Disabilities Can Virtually Join The Women's March". Huffington Post.
^Srinivasan, Sujata (Nov 19, 2019). "Opioids Backlash Leaves Some in CT Struggling with Chronic Pain". Middletown Herald.
^Schumer, Lizz (July 10, 2019). "How to Disclose a Disability to Your Employer (and Whether You Should)". New York Times.
^"Our Community Pain Council". National Pain Advocacy Center. 2021.
^"OPA NOBODY". Kirkus Reviews. January 1, 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^Hollmichel, Stefanie (November 1, 2020). "The Best of Brevity: Twenty Groundbreaking Years of Flash Nonfiction". Library Journal.
^Huber, Sonya (Mar 2, 2013). "How The Trophy for Showing Up Is Earned". New York Times.
External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
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Sonya Huber is an American essayist and writer of memoir and literary nonfiction She is an associate professor of creative writing at Fairfield University 1 She is the author of Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System Cover Me A Health Insurance Memoir Opa Nobody and other books Huber s essays have appeared in Creative Nonfiction Brevity Hotel Amerika LitHub The Rumpus River Teeth among other literary journals and in The New York Times The Atlantic The Chronicle of Higher Education the Washington Post and the Washington Post Magazine Contents 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Career 4 Activism 5 Awards 6 Works 6 1 Non fiction books 6 2 Essays 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editSonya Huber was born in Evergreen Park Illinois in 1971 and grew up in New Lenox Illinois Education editHuber earned a BA at Carleton College in 1993 and a Master of Arts in journalism from the Ohio State University in 2000 through the Kiplinger Fellowship in Public Interest Journalism and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at the Ohio State University in 2004 Career editHuber began teaching writing Fairfield University in Fairfield Connecticut in 2011 and as of 2018 was an associate professor there 2 3 She formerly taught at Georgia Southern University and Ashland University She published Cover Me A Health Insurance Memoir in 2010 4 and was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis 2 She wrote Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System five years after her symptoms began 5 In 2011 she published the textbook The Backwards Research Guide for Writers Using Your Life for Reflection Connection and Inspiration 1 In 2008 after researching archival German records she published the creative nonfiction book Opa Nobody about the anti Nazi activist work of her grandfather 2 6 In March 2020 she contracted COVID 19 with months of ongoing symptoms 7 She served as guest editor for Experiences of Disability a special issue of Brevity in September 2020 8 She is the editor of Dogwood A Journal of Poetry and Prose and has served as a nonfiction editor for Literary Mama Activism editA disability advocate Huber was one of the creators of the 2017 online Disability March 9 10 She has been vocal on the topics of disability and for treatment and support for chronic pain patients 11 12 She served on the Community Leadership Council of the National Pain Advocacy Center 13 She was active with Jobs with Justice between 1998 and 2004 Awards edit2013 Terrain Nonfiction Award 2013 14 2017 Foreword Indie Next Book of the Year Silver Award Winner in Essay Category for Pain Woman 15 2018 Independent Publishers Association Independent Voice Gold Medal for General Excellence 16 2019 Connecticut Individual Artist Grant 17 Works editNon fiction books edit Supremely Tiny Acts A One Day Memoir Mad Creek Books Columbus Ohio Ohio State University Press 2021 ISBN 978 0814258040 Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System Lincoln Nebraska University of Nebraska Press 2017 ISBN 978 0803299917 18 19 5 The Evolution of Hillary Rodham Clinton London Squint Books 2016 ISBN 978 1911335276 20 6 The Backwards Research Guide for Writers Using Your Life for Reflection Connection and Inspiration Writing amp Pedagogy Series London Equinox Publications 2011 ISBN 978 1845534424 Cover Me A Health Insurance Memoir Class in America Series Lincoln Nebraska University of Nebraska Press 2010 ISBN 978 0803226234 4 Opa Nobody American Lives Series Lincoln Nebraska University of Nebraska Press 2008 Paperback 2013 ISBN 978 0803210806 21 22 2 6 Essays edit The Three Words That Almost Ruined Me As a Writer Show Don t Tell Lithub Sept 27 2019 Between One and Ten Thousand Another Chicago Magazine Dec 10 2018 Starbucks and Shipwrecks Creative Nonfiction February 2019 Writing with and Through Pain LitHub June 25 2018 Need and Smoke Voices on Addiction The Rumpus March 26 2018 Does Count Your Blessings Work The Atlantic January 4 2018 Dear Bridgeport Slag Glass City 2018 2 Stop Dismissing Midwestern Literature Electric Literature December 13 2017 The Lunch Lady and Her Three Headed Dogs Brevity Jan 17 2017 Reprinted in The Best of Brevity Twenty Groundbreaking Years of Flash Nonfiction 23 Divorce Papers One of the Best Christmas Gifts I ve Ever Received Washington Post online Dec 22 2016 Flying the Flannel Vela July 14 2016 I take opioids to treat chronic pain Stigmatizing them will harm me The Guardian online June 22 2016 If Woman is Five River Teeth 17 3 Spring 2016 In the Grip of the Sky Creative Nonfiction 58 Winter 2016 Life is Good DIAGRAM 16 2 April 2016 The Lava Lamp of Pain The Rumpus Dec 28 2014 How the Trophy Just for Showing Up is Earned New York Times Motherlode Blog online March 6 2014 24 A Day in the Grammar of Disease Brevity The Journal of Concise Nonfiction 43 May 2013 Love and Industry A Midwestern Workbook Terrain org A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments Jan 15 2013 Glass Beads Baltimore Review Summer 2012 Breastfeeding Dick Cheney Creative Nonfiction 43 Fall Winter 2011 Prescriptions Sweet A Literary Confection 1 2 Spring 2009 Homage to a Bridge Fourth Genre 10 2 Fall 2008 Employee Child ren The Washington Post Magazine Aug 24 2008 In Medias Res Literary Mama Fall 2006 Reprinted in Mama Ph D anthology ed Caroline Grant and Elrena Evans Piscataway NJ Rutgers University Press 2008 My Men Fourth Genre 4 1 Spring 2002 References edit a b Sonya Huber Fairfield University Retrieved 25 May 2021 a b c d e Lang Joel December 23 2018 Defying fences doors and mud intrepid author explores her adopted city Bridgeport CT Post Retrieved 25 May 2021 Weiss Laura Aug 7 2016 Art Collaboration Helps Homeless Veterans Fairfield Citizen a b Cover Me Kirkus Reviews June 28 2010 Retrieved 25 May 2021 a b Leahy Anna September 28 2018 What Does It Mean To Live With A Body That Can t Be Fixed Buzzfeed News Retrieved 25 May 2021 a b c Zimmerman Kevin August 4 2016 Fairfield University professor charts Hillary Clinton s life in new book Westchester amp Fairfield County Business Journals Retrieved 25 May 2021 Brindley Emily December 27 2020 Damaged nerves scarred lungs exhausted bodies Some COVID 19 patients face a long haul that can last for months Hartford Courant Retrieved 25 May 2021 Brown Keah Huber Sonya Montgomery Sarah Fawn September 12 2020 Experiences of Disability Our Guest Editors in Conversation Brevity Blog Vargas Theresa Jan 24 2017 They Want a Voice Disabled People Who Couldn t Go to the Women s March Found a Way to Be Heard Washington Post Wanshel Elyse January 20 2017 People With Disabilities Can Virtually Join The Women s March Huffington Post Srinivasan Sujata Nov 19 2019 Opioids Backlash Leaves Some in CT Struggling with Chronic Pain Middletown Herald Schumer Lizz July 10 2019 How to Disclose a Disability to Your Employer and Whether You Should New York Times Our Community Pain Council National Pain Advocacy Center 2021 Winner 3rd Annual Terrain org Nonfiction Contest Issue 31 Terrain 2013 2017 Foreword INDIES Winners Foreword Review of Books 2017 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards Outstanding Results Independent Publisher 2018 FY 19 Award List PDF CT Office of Arts amp Culture 2019 Wilke Taylor June 2019 Solidarity in Sickness Review of Sonya Huber s Pain Woman Takes Your Keys The Rumpus Best Books of 2018 New Statesman Nov 14 2018 Hahn Wendy Besel July 4 2016 Barrelhouse Reviews The Evolution of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Sonya Huber Barrelhouse Retrieved 25 May 2021 Opa Nobody Publishers Weekly March 3 2008 Retrieved 25 May 2021 OPA NOBODY Kirkus Reviews January 1 2008 Retrieved 25 May 2021 Hollmichel Stefanie November 1 2020 The Best of Brevity Twenty Groundbreaking Years of Flash Nonfiction Library Journal Huber Sonya Mar 2 2013 How The Trophy for Showing Up Is Earned New York Times External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sonya Huber amp oldid 1223396825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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