January 31, 2021He wasn't my patientbut I saw him,heard the interns discuss him,watched him slipfurtherand further.It was imminent-they said. He...

One September, we woke up to find that something was wrong with the light. We had become more and more...

Originally published on April 10, 1980.“Odds of 50-50 for a major earthquake in the next 10 years are by no...

[Originally published on April 5, 1979.] The San Francisco Board of Supervisors two weeks ago dealt what neighborhood groups hope...

[Originally publishing on March 25, 1977.] As the U.S. Supreme Court announced last week its decision to hear the Bakke...

[Originally published on March 13, 1997.] A nationwide absence of radioactive waste disposal facilities has created a dramatic increase in...

His irritation hums as I push back the curtain in the emergency roomthe air electric and tense.He clutches a juicebox(grape...

[Originally published March 3, 1988.] For the past six years the Women’s Medical Student Association, WMSA, with the help of...

Before twenty five I haveSeen towers fall and dictators riseAs if history is a lever that seeksequilibrium. I trust that...

Down, down I follow the sounds Of waves and winds murmuring Against the rocks

[Originally published in Synapse on February 28, 1985.] The UCSF Black Caucus began a month to the day after the...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 24, 1983.] Come with me on a brief journey into the not too distant...

[Originally published on February 14, 2008.] Valentine's Day, known as Singles Awareness Day to some, is a day for sickening...

FlowersHow much should you spend on flowers for a girl? Forget special occasions, how much should you lay down when...

walking against the grain hyacinth coat hedged over the knee,two legs stumble forwardfighting tension. perhaps it is your skin,brown-fringed hatextra-large...