Publications

Deb Brandon around the Web

Presentations and Podcasts

Faces of TBI interview on Blog Talk Radio (link will open in new window and podcast will autoplay)

Soul Sciences Podcast: But My Brain Had Other Ideas, January 2018 (links to podcast page; podcast will not autoplay)

Written Publications
 

Superstitions as Tool (Psychology Today)
Regular Monitoring for Brain Bleeds: Inside the MRI (Psychology Today)
Carpe Diem—Living With Fear (BrainBlogger)
Understanding Different Brands of Humor: From Ambivalence to Disapproval (Psychology Today)
"Carnegie Mellon professor’s new memoir revisits her brain injury," by Amanda Reed (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Moving Past the Label (Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2017 Honorable Mention, Nonfiction)
Disconnections In the Aftermath of Brain Injury (Psychology Today)
My Brain Injury Almost Kept Me From Being Able to Read: A Courageous Essay By Deborah Brandon
"Humor and the Maw" (Psychology Today)
"With little help from doctors, I mapped my recovery from brain surgery" (STAT)
"In and Out of the Abyss: Depression After Brain Surgery" (Brain Blogger)
"Disconnections In the Aftermath of Brain Injury" (Psychology Today)
"Moving Past the Label" (Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2017 Honorable Mention, Nonfiction)
"My Brain Injury Almost Kept Me From Being Able to Read: A Courageous Essay By Deborah Brandon" (BookSparks)

"Mirror, Mirror"  by Deborah Brandon

HAND/EYE Magazine, August 4, 2011

Excerpt:

A large cloud of dust kicked up by a herd of sheep is headed in your direction. You shade your eyes against the glare of the desert sun and peer through the haze, trying to identify the resplendent figures in the rear. They are clad in brilliant colors, accented with dazzling flashes of light.  As they approach, your suspicions are confirmed: you are in the presence of a Rabari family. (Full article; opens in new tab)

"Weaving a Dream" by Deb Brandon (with forward by Anita Osterhaug),

Weaving Today, October 2, 2013

Excerpt:

I am a weaver, but I could not weave. Instead, I dreamt.

I dreamt of silk in colors of an ocean sunset. I dreamt of patterns emerging as I passed the shuttle back and forth, of waves undulating across the fabric, of the tide ebbing and flowing up and down the length of it.

Clusters of malformed blood vessels in my brain, cavernous angiomas, had bled, wreaking havoc... (Full article; opens in new tab)

"Textile Techniques from Around the World"

regular column in WARP (Weave A Real Peace) Newsletter archives

Additional Publications

Additional publication information, including academic publications, can be found in my curriculum vitae.