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Alyse Keller Johnson

Writer · Scholar · Mother

I’m a writer, educator, and mother interested in how storytelling helps us make sense of illness, caregiving, and change.

My work lives at the intersection of story, body, and care, exploring how narrative can reshape the ways we listen, teach, and care for one another.

In what felt like one long, wild year, I lost my mom, my unborn child, my illusion of health, and (briefly) my mind. What held me together? Writing, and a little bit of rage.

I tell stories that live where personal pain meets broken systems, be it motherhood, medicine, or mental health. In my writing, I aim to reveal the inconvenient truths we often suffer in silence, truths that, when shared with others, help us live more fully.

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