Jason Purcell writes about the slow and difficult rhythms of living with chronic illness and how those experiences shaped the poems in Crohnic (Arsenal Pulp Press), a meditation on what it means to live a medicalized life. Charting two years of their treatment for Crohn's disease, the collection moves between hospital rooms and the river valley outside their window, tracing the mix of pain and relief, stillness and change, that defines a life lived with ongoing care.
