What research can and cannot do for a song about waiting 

Archeologist Anna Källén questions the role of a DNA in understanding the remote past.

The constant-ness of a condition. What it means for something to be ever-changing and ever-present at the same time.  

A measles outbreak in the Ruggles family sends children to the isolation hospital and recuperation in the English countryside

A historic exchange, but an incomplete history. 

A central theme of the novel is how people cope with the unpredictability of life.

The story of The Odyssey is many things, not the least of which is a story of post-traumatic stress disorder. 

Atwood’s retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest unfolds in an unlikely setting. 

Medical nihilism questions medicine’s uncertainty, treatment breakthroughs, and how we make thoughtful health care decisions.

Pompeii reminds us that mass casualties are a terrifying yet constant feature of human existence 

A provocative novel about aging, mortality, agency, risk, and the uncertain bargains we make with destiny.

A visual form of storytelling comes into its own. 

A compelling philosophical exploration argues that reasonableness, not mere rationality, is essential for human relationships and society.

A nurse’s graphic memoir reveals the human stories, suffering, and compassion behind the AIDS crisis.

A video game removes player control to simulate how the lived experience of illness disrupts time and space 

Inside a Cave,  Coming to Grips with the Mystery of Consciousness  

During the clinic visit, the patient map unfurls, their hands leaving little clues.

New books highlighting illness poetry, the toll on compassion extracted during medical training, and the emotional burden of illness on family members 

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. 

Edvard Munch transformed personal family tragedies into haunting paintings that reveal illness, grief, isolation, and enduring emotional suffering.