What did Virginia Woolf, Oliver Sacks, and Emily Dickinson have in common? They all suffered from migraine, and wrote about their experiences. A new book collects the writing of migraine sufferers in an attempt to help the general public understand this disease.
Our guest is the editor who collected these pieces of literature; she's also an author and migraine sufferer herself:
- Kathy O'Shea, professor of English at Monroe Community College, and author/editor of "So Much More than a Headache: Understanding Migraine through Literature"