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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney 

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney 

Children’s literature offers a lens into public perception and experience of childhood infectious diseases as we face a resurgence of these same illnesses today. 

ByGretl Lam 07.28.26
We Want So Much to Be Ourselves by Stephen O’Connor 

We Want So Much to Be Ourselves by Stephen O’Connor 

Love, Duty and Psychoanalysis in Third Reich Berlin

BySteven Field 07.21.26
Rethinking Mental Illness: Interview with Dr. Gavin Francis

Rethinking Mental Illness: Interview with Dr. Gavin Francis

In his chair at the clinic, Dr. Gavin Francis sees the mind as much less fragile than the rhetoric in our culture suggests.

ByRudy Malcom 07.14.26
How The Doctor Rose From Grave Robber To Great Man 

How The Doctor Rose From Grave Robber To Great Man 

Arrowsmith (1925) marks a dramatic shift in the American imagination from viewing scientific doctors as monsters to viewing them as heroes.

This month we focus on the nexus of and interface between medicine and the humanities.

An Awkward Business by Anton Chekhov 

An Awkward Business by Anton Chekhov 

A country doctor grapples with guilt and class privilege after striking his drunken assistant in this tale of conscience and authority.

ByJack Coulehan 06.11.25
Second Life by Amanda Hess  

Second Life by Amanda Hess  

A powerful blend of memoir and critique, Amanda Hess examines pregnancy, technology, and parenting amid modern medicine’s promises and digital noise.

Forspoken – A Tale of Chronic Trauma 

Forspoken – A Tale of Chronic Trauma 

Forspoken blends role-playing, action, and open-world gameplay to tell a magical yet deeply human story about chronic trauma and healing.

Three Poems by Gary Soto 

Three Poems by Gary Soto 

Three poems explore cultural identity, family conflict, and the influence of media on class, belonging, and cross-cultural understanding.

ByFelice Aull 01.10.26
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner

A memoir traces grief, identity, and love through food, memory, and cultural inheritance.

Disability as a Plot Device in Tuner

Disability as a Plot Device in Tuner

How Tuner transforms disability into a cinematic superpower

ByRudy Malcom 06.25.26
Isles-Second Fragment

Isles-Second Fragment

A watchful partner, a curse, a part of everything all at once, in sickness and in health.

Two Long-Hidden Stories about Barriers to Health Care Surface and Still Relate

Two Long-Hidden Stories about Barriers to Health Care Surface and Still Relate

Two unknown stories from the past forewarn of problems in health care ahead.

Meet the Medhum Team: Dr. Tony Miksanek

Meet the Medhum Team: Dr. Tony Miksanek

Writer, runner, and medical humanities advocate explores storytelling, trust, vulnerability, and the human side of care.

ByDave Hsu 06.26.26
We Year: A Love Letter to the Crip Community 

We Year: A Love Letter to the Crip Community 

An interview with film director Sop about art and chronic illness 

ByRudy Malcom 06.24.26
Heal Me: Childhood Trauma in The Who’s Tommy with Dr. Anthony Tobia

Heal Me: Childhood Trauma in The Who’s Tommy with Dr. Anthony Tobia

The Who’s Tommy is used to explore psychiatric trauma, with its iconic songs helping teach mental health concepts…

Consumptive Heroines: Opera and TB with Drs Linda and Michael Hutcheon

Consumptive Heroines: Opera and TB with Drs Linda and Michael Hutcheon

This podcast explores tuberculosis’ impact on opera, focusing on La Traviata and La Bohème, examining medical and cultural…

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