The Perscription

Shirley Adelman is a writer of poetry and creative nonfiction. Her work has been published in academic, literary,feminist, and medical humanities journals in the United States, Canada, Israel, and South Africa. Most recently, her work has appeared in Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women’s Studies & Gender Issues, Cell 2 Soul,
Blue Collar Review, Kaleidoscope: The Experience
of Disability through Literature and Fine Arts, and
Jewish Currents. She is the mother of Haim and Rachel and the Bubbie of Maya and Avi, and Zane of blessed memory.