Best of the Storytelling Contest This Date in UCSF History: The Politics of History [Originally published on September 21, 1995.] Among the books that have influenced my thinking are A Handmaid’s Tale and 1984. They both model the future and warn us to be vigilant about how our world could evolve. September 23, 2025 SynapseCampus Arts & Culture
Reflections in the Psych Mirror April 24, 2014Desire TakawiraIn my native language Shona, a popular aphorism advises “ seka urema wafa.” Roughly translated, it means “laugh at a... Arts & Culture
Nephrostomy (for my aunt) April 24, 2014Phoebe GriggNo OFF-button on the frickin' remote; the tv hangs like an eye which you watch prophilactically, in case it might... Arts & Culture
World Backwards April 24, 2014Antonio MoyaAs a young medical student, I sat across from my patient in the old neuro ward. A retired high school... Arts & Culture
Winter Lullaby April 24, 2014T. Booth HaleyI adore your gentle breathing, lying in my bed; My plant has chosen you with drops of water on your... Arts & Culture
‘Stop Torturing Me’ April 24, 2014Ali SaadiAs is usual practice at the Multi-Service Center, a homeless shelter in the heart of San Francisco, I was sent... Arts & Culture
Palmistry April 24, 2014Jenny QiMy mother was never superstitious until she lost faith in her body— with each new opaque mass, her doctors uncovered... Arts & Culture
Wishful Ending April 24, 2014Sarah ParisLet me die in winter Let me die in solitude past midnight with a flask of spirits a cigarette that... Arts & Culture
Last Night (On Call) April 24, 2014SynapseLast night I was called to the front lines where life and death battle it out and no one ever... Arts & Culture
Two Untitled Poems April 24, 2014Synapse1. I lost you at hello 2. Scars knit intended wounds over time under clothes same as Arts & Culture
