Posts tagged writing
Conversations: Shirlene Obuobi, MD
Conversations: Shirlene Obuobi, MD

Physician, artist, and author Shirlene Obuobi speaks about fiction as escapism, and the stories behind her debut novel, On Rotation.

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ConversationsThe NocturnistsDoctor, medicaltrainee, Chicago, cardiology, writing, stories, love, Ghanaian, Black, medicine, fiction, medicalstudent, hospital, physician, relationships, medicalracism, healthcare
Conversations: Jenny Qi
Conversations: Jenny Qi

Cancer biologist and poet Jenny Qi speaks about her poetry collection Focal Point, which examines science, disease, love, and family.

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ConversationsThe Nocturnistscancer, competitive intelligence, Chinese, immigrant, cultural revolution, lab, memoirs, mother, death, mourning, oncology, pnets, poem, poetry, suppression, translating, writing, medicine, student, podcast
Conversations: Cindy Weinstein & Bruce Miller, MD
Conversations: Cindy Weinstein & Bruce Miller, MD

Professor Cindy Weinstein and Dr. Bruce Miller speak about their co-authored book Finding the Right Words, which explores literature, grief, and the brain through the story of Cindy’s father, who lived and died with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

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The Nocturnistsaging, early-onset dementia, alzheimers disease, brain, degenerative, memory, Moby Dick, neurology, Thomas Pynchon, science, death, shiva, father, story, writing