Introducing a Special Issue of "Narrative" in the Public Sphere

Dear Narrative-L members,

I am excited to share information about the latest issue of Narrative (29.2), which may be of interest to many of our members. This special issue, entitled Narrative in the Public Sphere, offers perspectives on uses of narrative in a wide range of public discourses, from economics and politics to literary editing and social justice. In addition to including contributions from many celebrated members of our community, the issue includes artwork by New York-based artist Ruth Root.

The entire issue is now available on Project Muse: https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/44570.

See here for the table of contents:

Narrating Ruth Root's Images

George Rush and Ruth Root

Dangers of Narrative: A Critical Approach to Narratives of Personal Experience in Contemporary Story Economy

Maria Mäkelä, Samuli Björninen, Laura Karttunen, Matias Nurminen, Juha Raipola, and Tytti Rantanen

Racial Justice in Medicine: Narrative Practices toward Equity

Rita Charon, Craig Irvine, Aaron Ngozi Oforlea, Edgar Rivera Colón, Cindy Smalletz, and Maura Spiegel

Reframing Law's Domain: Narrative, Rhetoric, and the Forms of Legal Rules

Stephen Paskey

Narrative in the Economic Sphere: The International Monetary Fund and the Scripting of a Global Economy

Lindsay Holmgren

Refugees' Mediated Narratives in the Public Sphere

Ana Belén Martínez García

Plutoing Pluto: The Roles of Narrative in Arenas of Scientific and Public Discourse

Sólveig Hanson and Fabian Hempel

Reading with Toni Morrison: Literary Publics, Editing, and the Work of Authorial Persona

Charlotte Terrell

Nimble Navigation: Narrative, Fictionality, and Metanoic Reflexivity in Presidential Rhetoric

Stefan Iversen

Donald J. Trump's Storytelling, May 12–June 7, 2020; or, Can His Saying Make Things So?

James Phelan

Happy reading!

Evan Van Tassell

Assistant Editor, Narrative

President, ISSN's Grad and Contingent Faculty Caucus