About
Miriam Edelson is a neurodivergent social activist, settler, writer and mother living in Toronto, Canada. Her literary non-fiction, personal essays and commentaries have appeared in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, various literary journals including Dreamers Magazine, Collective Unrest, Writing Disorder, Palabras, Wilderness House Literary Review and on CBC Radio. Her short stories have been published by Narrative Northeast and The Wascana Review.
Her first book, “My Journey with Jake: A Memoir of Parenting and Disability” was published in April 2000. “Battle Cries: Justice for Kids with Special Needs” appeared in late 2005. She completed a doctorate in 2016 at University of Toronto focused upon Mental Health in the Workplace. “The Swirl in my Burl”, her collection of essays, came out in October 2022. “Deep Roots, New Threats: Confronting the Rising Right” ed. M. Edelson, is forthcoming in 2024.
Featured Work
The Swirl In My Burl: Essays
Miriam Edelson’s essay collection The Swirl in my Burl is marked by fearlessness, clear-eyed candor, and ultimately a sense of hope for a stubbornly difficult world. Whether exploring family, mental health, motherhood and creativity, grief, or more global issues such as anti-Semitism and the alt-right, Edelson writes with a compassionate intellect and an artist’s eye — a compelling combination.”
~ Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire
Other Works
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Deep Roots, New Threats: Confronting the Rising Right. ed. M. Edelson
Forthcoming 2024
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Battle Cries: Justice for Kids with Special Needs
2005
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My Journey with Jake: A Memoir of Parenting and Disability
2000
