[Tied for third place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category.] June 20, 2020 Just breath deeply - I...

Originally published on November 15, 1990.Several prominent physicians who have devoted much of their working lives in recent years to...

Asiri is one of the widows who attended our first meeting. In Dholuo, Asiri’s native language, the term widow is...

[Third place Storytelling Contest winner for photography.] Where does photography start, and where does it end? And how does a...

[Originally published December 12, 2011.] In many hospital rooms, the steady beeping of a cardiac monitor is the most soothing...

In January, as I prepared to start my traditional “third year” clinical clerkships, I was feeling nervous. In particular, I...

The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman.Strong Black WomenAngry Black WomenResilient Black WomenThe most neglected person in...

Match McGregory’s “Excerpt from the Art of Amateur Sadness” debuts an unwritten anti- self-help book that lists the ways to...

[Originally published on November 13, 1997.] Last week the United States Supreme Court ruled that it would not hear a...

[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling contest personal essay category.] Happy Pride! I’m writing this with a literal rainbow...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 6, 2003.] What comes to your mind when you hear the words “forensic medicine?”...

[Originally published on October 25, 2007.] Midway through my first year preceptorship, a particularly difficult patient interview taught me the...

Mirror Need I scream even with this coat, you refuse to see me. my sweet alto

[Originally published in Synapse on October 19, 2006.] What does the term “race” mean? Is it a social construct or...

[This submission earned Woodger Faugas first place in the Storytelling Contest personal essay category.] Imagine finding yourself: the center of...