Story, Drawing, Loss, and Learning

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Published: Feb 19, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5744/rhm.2026.3341
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storytelling

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Kim Hensley Owens
Northern Arizona University
Fernando Sánchez

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Editors' Introduction to Volume 9 Issue 1

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026): Winter 2026
Section
Editors' Introduction
Author Biography

Kim Hensley Owens, Northern Arizona University

Kim Hensley Owens is professor of English at Northern Arizona University. She co-edits Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (RHM). Her publications include the collection Beyond Productivity (USUP, 2023); the monograph Writing Childbirth (SIUP, 2015); and articles in the Journal of Medical Humanities, Writing on the Edge, Intraspection, Writing Program Administration, and College English, among others.  

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