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In the Land of Fiction and Fake News

By Elizabeth Mitchell

Lost for Words

By Stewart L. Sinclair

Poem About Human Habits of Consumption That Begins with Contemplating the Walnut in My Yard

Poetry by Felicia Zamora

Back Draft: Lisa Dillman

By Ben Purkert and Lisa Dillman

Margaret Wardlaw

Margaret Wardlaw, MD, PhD, is a pediatrician and sleep medicine physician with a PhD in the medical humanities. Dr. Wardlaw is a Pushcart Prize winning essayist. Her essay Monsters was the winner of the NIH sponsored Dangerous Creations Essay Contest for the bicentennial of Frankenstein. She is currently working on a book, The Breath of Medicine, that combines narratives from clinical practice with the fascinating story of the spiritual history of the hospital. She lives in Washington with her husband, daughter, and newborn son.
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What the Doctor Ordered

By Margaret Wardlaw December 9, 2019
Caring for a dying patient, a pediatrician wrestles with questions of suffering and salvation.
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