Tribute to Neurodiversity

Conversation with
Michael Mark

The Spring 2021 issue of Rattle features a Tribute to Neurodiversity. For those unfamiliar, Neurodiversity is a concept that embraces neurological differences as strengths rather than deficiencies. It’s an honor to highlight the rich and complex work being written by the Neurodiverse community. This issue’s conversation features Michael Mark, who discusses how dyslexia has contributed to his life and work, as well as advertising, ghost stories, Buddhism, and many other topics.

The issue includes another exciting and highly-varied open section, presenting poets such as Skye Jackson and Stephen Dunn, covering a wide range of subjects and styles. From gorgeous haiku (“Five Haiku in Spring” by Deborah A. Bennett), to Rebecca Schumejda’s thoughtful narrative poem “Volunteering at the Avian Rescue Center,” to a laugh-out-loud-funny exploration of the struggles of fatherhood (Jeff Tigchelaar’s “Is There Anything I Can Do”), there’s much for everyone to enjoy and savor in this colorful collection.

	Neurodiversity
	Emily Adams	How I Got Committed (A Chapter Book)
	Stephen Allen	Tourette’s Sonnets
	Lois Baer Barr	Train of Thought
	Rachael Collins	Al-Anon
	Julianne Di Nenna	The Accountant
	Karen Downs-Barton	On Seeing Your Clothes on Someone Else
	Meg Eden	Laundry Woman
	Brendan Egan	Breadfather
	Aryk Greenawalt	American Museum of Natural History …
	Clarice Hare	Go Get ’Er
	Madison Klingbeil	Dirty / Pretty
	Robin Knight	Shoalfish
	Eugenia Leigh	Undiagnosed
	Chris Marchello	The Time Travel Tourism Bureau
	Michael Mark	Unfavorable Odds
	Palma McKeown	How It Started
	Xuan Nguyen	The Enchantress That Made Us
	Esther Ottaway	On Whether the Earth Is Flat, Round …
	Scott Strom	12:32 p.m.
	Isabelle Thompson	A Mathematically Perfect Heart
	Justin Vicari	Serenade: The Goods on Me
	..
	Open Poetry
	Yasmeen Alkishawi	On the Reconstruction of Shame …
	Yvonne Amey	What Dwayne Remembers …
	Deborah A. Bennett	Five Haiku in Spring
	Kathleen A. Dale	A Question of Time
	William Virgil Davis	Homage to Donald Justice
	Stephen Dunn	The Contrarian’s Advice to Himself
	Eli Eliahu	In Our Line of Duty
	Lupita Eyde-Tucker	Mis Gacelas
	Skye Jackson	Can We Touch Your Hair?
	Brooke James	While I Wait
	Robert Lynn	Prayer for Mr. Armand Palakiko
	Mather Schneider	My Fifteenth Year
	Rebecca Schumejda	Volunteering at the Avian Rescue Center
	J.R. Solonche	Go Out and Listen to the Frogs
	Jeff Tigchelaar	Is There Anything I Can Do
	Megan Waring	Anxiety Charts
	Mike White	Death
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	Conversation
	Michael Mark (web)
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	Cover Art
	K.A. Cummins (web)