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The rise of the medical humanities [by Belinda Jack]
Belinda Jack examines the growing field and considers the therapeutic effects of poetry. I’d like to consider poetry and its less obvious role within the medical humanities. Like the novel, poetry can tell us…
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Kristina Marie Darling, Guest Author February 2-6 plus Paul Violi Celebration
This week we welcome back Kristina Marie Darling as our guest author. Kristina is the author of over twenty books, including Melancholia (An Essay) (Ravenna Press, 2012), Petrarchan (BlazeVOX Books, 2013), and Scorched Altar: Selected…
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Poetry from Scotland 2: Liz Lochhead [by Robyn Marsack]
Kidspoem /Bairnsong it wis Januaryand a gey dreich daythe first day Ah went to the schoolso my Mum happed me up in magood navy-blue napp coat wi the rid tartan hoodbirled a scarf aroon…
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The Dwelling of the Damned [by Sholeh Wolpé]
In 1988 Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the execution of nearly 5000 political prisoners. Their bodies were dumped in mass graves at unmarked sites in Khavaran cemetery. Khavaran cemetery, located in southeast Tehran, is a place…
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The Shift-Circle [by Sholeh Wolpé]
I believe in the power of empathy, the ability to put oneself in another person’s shoes without having to necessarily agree with her or him. I believe that seeing the world through another…
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Authors (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
Authors were the people who had the greatest influence on me. They weren’t the people I loved the most. That group includes my wife, children, grandchildren, and extended family. The authors weren’t even the…
