Interview with Poet B. Fulton Jennes
Through raw, honest poetry, B. Fulton Jennes illuminates the complexities of addiction and depression, offering hope amidst the darkest struggles.
Rearranged by Kathleen Watt
In the symphony of adversity, Watt's resilience sings, transforming tragedy into a poignant melody of courage and hope.
What Desire Will Shape a World We’re Left?: Poet Micheal O’Siadhail on Covid
Four years post-pandemic, we must reflect not only on technocratic solutions but on deeper desires, using poetry to express collective and personal experiences.
AIDS in the Comics: The Graphic Memoir Taking Turns with MK Czerwiec
Exploring the HIV/AIDS crisis through graphic memoir, we discover how the comic medium uniquely conveys emotional, medical, and human aspects that traditional texts often miss.
Life Imitates Art: Covid-19 Edition
Human reactions to pandemics, from literature spanning centuries, uncannily mirror those seen during COVID-19, suggesting repeating patterns of behavior, though views on our future remain divided.
Painting with Empathy: The Expressionist Art of Edvard Munch with Curator Øystein Ustvedt
Edvard Munch’s emotional portrayal of illness and suffering offers profound insights for health professionals and their education.
He Wants to Itch at It: A Novel, Play, and Movie Imagining Dementia
Through arts, dementia is imagined: a novel, a play, and film explore disorientation, denial, and emotional wilderness."
When Neurons Get Tied Up in Knots: Human Fallibility and Folly in Asylum Psychiatry
Exploring mental illness through art and history: films, books, and blogs on lobotomies, psychiatry, and the search for cures.
The Dose Makes the Poison: Two Novels, Two Poisons, Two Emergency Medicine Physicians
Exploring self-poisoning through literature and medicine: vivid depictions in Belladonna and Madame Bovary meet biomedical insights, offering valuable lessons for health care professionals and students
How Terrible it Was: Three Takes on the AIDS Crisis with Dr. Ross Slotten
A physician reflects on the AIDS crisis, sharing personal and professional experiences from the early years of the epidemic.