Shahd Alshammari is a Kuwaiti author, poet, and academic. She is the author of the books Notes on the Flesh and Head above Water as well as numerous other academic publications and papers. Her areas of research include gender studies, illness narratives, and disability studies.
Herewith a list of recent books about illness and disability and the transformative changes that happen to us during these journeys with the body. Some of these works are fictional, and others are mem…