“What we now consider modern diagnosis, and the literary genre of detective fiction, arose around the same time and mutually influenced each other. We cannot understand the way we do diagnosis today…
“That's what a storyteller's job is. What do you relay and what do you withhold? And frankly, that's the chronic illness storyteller's mode as well. What am I going to tell this doctor in front of me…
“Some things can’t be healed. They just need to be held. Narrative medicine does a great job with this — sometimes the healing is in the holding.” Kimberly Warner, author of “Unfixed” Thank you to Mr.…
Thank you Kae, Lori, Michelle Ray, and many others for tuning into my live video with Damon Tweedy! Damon Tweedy Bio: Dr. Damon Tweedy, is a psychiatrist, author, and leading voice on race, medicine,…
Thank you Natalie Lago, Michelle Ray, and many others for tuning into my live video with Istiaq Mian, MD yesterday. Istiaq Mian Bio: Dr. Istiaq Mian is a hospitalist (an internal medicine physician…
Welcome back to The Things Not Named. I’m Joshua Doležal. This year I’ve been asking writers how they know high-quality writing when they see it and how their own sensibilities have been forged. My…
