A Lens on Human Experience
Cultivating empathy u0026amp; critical thinking in health, culture u0026amp; the arts
In Focus: Infectious Disese ➔
As Winter approaches we revisit three works with a focus on u003cstrongu003einfectious diseaseu003c/strongu003e, its human cost as well as its prevention.
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Stuck By Heidi J. Larson
Heidi J. Larson explores the cultural, moral, and social roots of vaccine hesitancy before the Covid pandemic.
The End of Days by Bernard MacLaverty
In war-torn Vienna, 1918, artist Egon Schiele faces love, loss, and mortality as the Spanish flu devastates his family.
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How to Write the Great American Indian Novel by Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie’s ironic poem deconstructs stereotypes of Indigenous people, exposing cultural exploitation, identity loss, and survival within white American society.
The Great Influenza by John Barry
John Barry’s The Great Influenza vividly recounts the 1918 pandemic’s medical, social, and political upheavals with novelistic precision.