Publications
Rebecca’s work can be found in literary magazines including Room Magazine, Transition: Canadian Mental Health Association Magazine, Feels Zine, Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, Corporeal, The Blood Project, Kneebrace Press and Pinhole Poetry.
Her first book, Multimorbid, is published by Kith Books.
Her essay “Perfect Thing People” received runner up in the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival Emerging Writers Contest in 2025. Her poem “Emergency Contact,” received an honourable mention in the League of Canadian Poet’s Summer Contest 2024 and was recently published in their online magazine Poetry Pause.
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Now available for pre-order from Kith Books.
“I am trying to cultivate desire for my own body. I’m curious if it might be a lifeline to feeling well.” In this multi form, mixed genre collection, Rebecca Wood wrestles the body —both fact and idea —in an attempt to fold illness and expectation into one sense of self. Honest at times to the point of discomfort, Wood takes us into the headspace and heartspace of the chronically ill. What does it take to seek care in a pathologised body. What does it take to receive it when you’ve been stripped of your worth. Steeped in the medical, the merciful, the harsh light of grief, Wood’s words offer grace for the knowing and truth for the rest.
"Rich in metaphor, with a beautiful sense of rhythm, Multimorbid promises to be a relatable read for some and illuminating for others. A deeply moving poetic expression of embodied experience." — Audrey T. Carroll, author of The Gaia Hypothesis and In My Next Queer Life, I Want to Be
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“MS Sensory Symptom Sounds.” White Wall Review, forthcoming 2026
“Falls Risk” and “Somewhat obese but otherwise well.” Room Magazine, Volume 48, Issue 3, October 2025
“Illness Survival Skills,” “Hospital Mindfulness Program Pantoum,” and “Prescriptions” Knee Brace Press Spring 2025
“Emergency Contact.” Honourable mention in the League of Canadian Poet’s Summer Lovin’ Contest, Poetry Pause, January 2025
“Language of Alone,” and “The Messes are Mine.” Corporeal, Volume 14, July 2024
“Small Screen Safety.” Pinhole Poetry, Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2024
“Care Team,” “Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” and “Soul Smells Comfort.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, Volume 17, Issue 2, Winter 2023-2024
“Behavioural Activation,” “Curiosity of New Growth,” and “Diagnostic Dichotomies.” Wishbone Words, Issue 12, November 2023
“Lymphocyte Levels: Monthly Monitoring.” The Blood Project, Poetry and Creative Writing Section, October 2023
“Fatigue.” Corporeal, Volume 8, July 2023
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“Depressive Wayfaring.” TRANSITION: Canadian Mental Health Association Magazine. Spring/Summer 2025
“MS Clinic.” Feels Zine, Disability Issue, Issue 23, January 2025
“A Bee in my Skylight.” Honeyguide Literary Magazine, Issue 9, November 2024
“Vocal Fold Messages.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, Volume 17, Issue 2, Winter 2023-2024
“Disease Modifying Therapies: Uncertainty Risk and Hope.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, Volume 16, Issue 3, Winter 2022
Various paid content and blog Posts about living with Multiple Sclerosis commissioned for themsresistance.com, 2020-2022.
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An interview with Rebecca Wood. Pinhole Poetry, July 2024.
