Topic: narrative
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Skunk Hour by Robert Lowell
A confessional masterpiece depicting mental isolation through striking animal imagery and defiant, indomitable spirit.
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David Hsu sits down with physician and historian Dr. Jacalyn Duffin to catch up about life, medical humanities and MedHum.
Meet the MedHum Team: Dr. Felice Aull
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I’m Sick, Therefore I Am: Illness as Normality in Nervous System with Author Lina Meruane
A conversation exploring illness as everyday reality, where sickness, care, and family life intertwine in an unsettling literary narrative.
Learning Empathy through Chekhov
A psychiatrist-playwright shows how adapting classic drama for medical students cultivates empathy and reflective care practice.
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.
The Word Is an Instrument of Healing
Language, ritual, and narrative serve as powerful healing tools, with context, beliefs, and social support enhancing health outcomes.
Oedipus–Adapted for the Stage by Robert Icke
Icke’s Oedipus reimagines plague, politics, and identity, highlighting trauma, narrative humility, chronotopes, and ethical listening.
When the Literary Adds to the Historical
The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its vast global impact and intimate human suffering, offering fuller insight than either alone.
Every Last Breath by Joanne Jacobson
The book’s profound and startling reflections on mortality are lyrical, fierce, and deeply felt.
Miracle Mile, a Play by Clark Middleton
Miracle Mile is Clark Middleton’s powerful, humorous monologue about disability, resilience, and pursuing acting despite lifelong rheumatoid arthritis.
Interview with Andre Mangham
Andrew Mangham explores how Victorian literature, medicine, and political economy intersected to shape powerful narratives about hunger and poverty.
Illness as Narrative by Ann Jurecic
A thoughtful exploration of how we read, critique, and teach illness narratives amid evolving literary theory and medical humanities.
A Missing Genre: Video Games in the Health Humanities
Video games offer powerful narratives and emotional depth—it’s time health humanities embraced them as meaningful, transformative cultural texts.
Between Two Worlds, New York to Uganda
A journey of translating care, bridging cultures, and fighting cancer in rural villages with dedication, compassion, and hope.
Moral Judgment in Medicine: “Sensibility of Heart”
Emotions shape medical judgment, blending compassion with clinical reasoning and balancing the moral and intellectual aspects essential for ethical, patient-centered care.
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