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4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane
Sarah Kane’s final play fractures theatrical form to embody depression, psychosis, and the limits of language.
Under the Skin, but Out of Focus: Bug on Broadway
Broadway revival of Tracy Letts’ Bug probes paranoia, race, and medical ethics—but stops short deeper.
Cinema Without Barriers: Disability, Creativity, and Comfort Intersect at RestFest
RestFest reimagines film festivals through disabled-led creativity, radical access, and care-centered viewing beyond ableist norms.
Rethinking Medications by Jerry Avorn
A critical examination of drug approval, safety, pricing, and regulatory decline in contemporary pharmaceutical practice.
Assistedlab.ch–A Living Archive of Assisted Dying
A thoughtful review of a Swiss-based digital archive examining cultural dimensions of assisted dying debates.
Antonia Saw the Oryx First by Maria Thomas
A moving exploration of healing across cultures, faiths, and traditions, where Western medicine meets indigenous wisdom in profound, transformative encounters.
Three Poems by Gary Soto
Three poems explore cultural identity, family conflict, and the influence of media on class, belonging, and cross-cultural understanding.
Flushing the Script: Madness, Medication, and Patriarchy in The Housemaid
A thriller about psychopharmaceuticals becomes a feminist meditation on madness, coercion, and resistance within patriarchal domestic spaces.
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet reimagines Shakespeare’s family life to explore grief, plague, and the endurance of love.
Achieving a Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life by Chris Palmer
A candid, compassionate review explores how planning, autonomy, and honest conversations can transform dying into dignity.
When Artificial Intelligence Talks but Can’t Touch: Marjorie Prime
As anxieties about AI and mental health mount, a new Broadway drama confronts grief digitally today.
Oedipus–Adapted for the Stage by Robert Icke
Icke’s Oedipus reimagines plague, politics, and identity, highlighting trauma, narrative humility, chronotopes, and ethical listening.



















