The issue (Volume 10, Issue 2, 2025) includes an afterword by health communication scholar M. Shivaun Corry. The issue includes creative nonfiction, poetry, and art by families who have survived perinatal loss and by artists and healthcare workers who work in hospitals with these grieving families. It also includes a practical manual developed by a UMD student ("Caring for Bereaved Parents After Perinatal Loss") used by Aspirus St. Luke's Hospital to guide hospital volunteers in this important work.
Co-edited by ELWS faculty from the University of Minnesota Duluth, Survive and Thrive has long spotlighted work by UMD students. This issue includes work by Master of Professional Studies alumna Mary Orman. Past issues have been driven by alumni Sarah Lawler (English), Julia Brown (English) and Laura Thro (MPS).
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