Best of the Storytelling Contest MeanderBeen drifting along A sea of green. Been free to be, to breathe, to dream January 23, 2023 Nina EscuetaSchool of Medicine Arts & Culture
Second Day January 24, 2022Zoe OnionJanuary 13, 2021 One of these days I'll turn the right way when I exit the stairwell. I'll confidently walk... Arts & Culture
Functional Depressive January 18, 2022Salma HassanHow are you?I Inhale.And I’m quickly reminded that this was first real breath I’ve taken all dayHow long have I... Arts & Culture
elpis January 18, 2022Wesley Kaofleetingly she glimpsed by ---a backyard hummingbird fluttering,feeding her hatchlings: spiny, naked little things,blind and squirmy,perilously craning, that grew feathers... Arts & Culture
On the Road with Bashō: Exploring Art with a Haiku Virtuoso and Literarily Immortal Novelist, Part One January 13, 2022Woodger FaugasWithout question, Dany Laferrière’s new novel, Sur la route avec Bashō, French for “On the road with Bashō,” constitutes a... Arts & Culture
The Healing Dream December 13, 2021Woodger FaugasIt is morning; it is spring. And in the dew, the mountains woo. Distantly heard, the roosters crow; and past... Arts & Culture
Reverence December 13, 2021Nina EscuetaThere are moments where you will findNo pastOr presentOr future.Only eternity;An instant that stretches on, and onAnd you will recognize... Arts & Culture
Enjoy The Little Things December 8, 2021Kamellia Mehershahi[Third place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest photography category.] One afternoon, while I was taking a walk in the... Arts & Culture
Shelter-In-Place Syndrome December 6, 2021Ninad BhatI am keeping a prisoner; This breath I took two weeks ago; I refuse to let it leave; It paces... Arts & Culture
Q&A With UCSF Alumna & Poet Jenny Qi November 22, 2021Victoria TurnerIn our latest podcast, we chat with UCSF alumna Jenny Qi, PhD, ’17, about how she went from publishing cartoons... Arts & Culture