The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir

In her lyrical, radically expansive memoir “The Body Is A Doorway,” author and poet Sophie Strand explores the intersecting spaces of her own chronic illness, the complex ecology of a changing world, and the very nature of the stories we tell ourselves. Read an excerpt from the chapter “Living Between Stories: Hermit Crabs and Cocoons,” where Sophie explores what it feels like to be in the space between illness, grief, the disillusion of a relationship, and a global pandemic—and how Tarot helped her find a foothold.