Every Last Breath by Joanne Jacobson
The book’s profound and startling reflections on mortality are lyrical, fierce, and deeply felt.
From Tigers to Otaku
Parenting in Chinese Canadian immigrant families carries both triumphs and struggles, shaping children into overachievers—or isolating, withdrawn adolescents.
The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang
This essay collection explores living with severe mental illness, blending memoir, cultural critique, and reflections on resilience, treatment, and identity.
How To Be Depressed by George Scialabba
A candid, unconventional book blending psychiatric records, personal struggle, and practical tips, offering rare insight into living with depression.
One Friday in April by Donald Antrim
Donald Antrim’s memoir confronts suicide, psychosis, and survival with unflinching honesty, blending personal crisis, hospitalization, and hard-earned hope.
Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers by Jay Baruch
Jay Baruch’s Fourteen Stories vividly portrays caregivers’ struggles, ethical dilemmas, and resilience.
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.
Inside The Pitt: Medicine Meets Drama
A deep-dive podcast exploring The Pitt, a gripping medical drama, its realism, emotional impact, and lessons for medicine and humanity.
American Sirens By Kevin Hazzard
Kevin Hazzard’s American Sirens illuminates Freedom House paramedics’ pivotal role in medical history, racial justice, and emergency care innovation.
Musee des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden
This poem reveals how human suffering unfolds quietly, unnoticed, while ordinary life continues its daily rhythms, indifferent to personal catastrophe.