A cropped grainy image of an indiscernible partial body part fills the cover of the book. A red gash in the patch of exposed skin is bracketed by draping fabric in the style of a Renaissance painting. When Pain Strikes is written in black cursive across the top of the book, below in smaller red capitals: Bill Burns, Cathay Busby, Kim Sawchuk, Editors. — When Pain Strikes, Cathy Busby, Bill Burns, Kim Sawchuk co-editors, U of Minnesota Press, 1999.

*When Pain Strikes,* "We Need to Scream to Talk: An Interview with Kecia Larkin" by Cathy Busby, Cathy Busby, Bill Burns, Kim Sawchuk co-editors, U of Minnesota Press, 1999.

*When Pain Strikes,* "The Lure of Rosanne's Autopathography and Survivor Identity" by Cathy Busby, Cathy Busby, Bill Burns, Kim Sawchuk co-editors, U of Minnesota Press, 1999.

WHEN PAIN STRIKES (1999)

When Pain Strikes is an interdisciplinary anthology about pain and methodologies for it's relief edited by Cathy Busby, Kim Sawchuk and Bill Burns for the Theory Out of Bounds Series, published by the University of Minnesota Press and The Banff Centre for the Arts (1999).

When Pain Strikes offers a multitude of entry points to process this complex topic including artwork, scholarly analysis, poetic and literary texts, and conversations with activists. Throughout the books five sections ("Measure It," "Scream and Yell," "Cut It Open," "Take a Pill," and "Intensify It") readers are asked to reflect on what they do 'when pain strikes' as they encounter the multi-modal reactions being presented. The topics range from biomedical and pharmacological responses, to surgical interventions and therapeutic techniques.

Contributors include: Charles R. Acland, Barbara McGill Balfour, Isabelle Brabant, Stephen Busby, Millie Chen, Michael Fernandes, Bob Flanagan, Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, Marie-Paule Macdonald, Ronald Melzack, Margaret Morse, Celeste Olalquiaga, John O'Neill, Gerard Päs, Elsie Petch, D. L. Pughe, Julia Scher, Cathy Sisler, Johanne Sloan, Jana Sterbak, Fred Tomaselli, Patrick D. Wall, Theodore Wan, Gregory Whitehead, and Fred Wilson.

When Pain Strikes can be viewed on Google Books.

WHEN PAIN STRIKES (1999)

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