2011 International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine Saturday 7th May 2011 Medical Teaching Centre, Building 37 University of Warwick Gibbet Hill Campus, CV4 7AL, UK From the symposium web site: “For the 2011 symposium and 2011 Hippocrates Prize awards, we draw on national and international perspectives on three major historical Read more…
Lorraine Nicholson, acclaimed author of The Journey Home, describes how this book of poetry, artwork and photography came into being: During a journey of several years through severe depression I was forced to confront my vulnerability as a human being. Poetic expression presented itself to me as an outlet for Read more…
The Centre for Medical Humanities Presents Gwyneth Lewis Poetry Reading: A Hospital Odyssey Wednesday 4 May, 7.30pm, Durham Town Hall Gwyneth Lewis will be reading from her epic poem A Hospital Odyssey, an outrageously imaginative voyage through illness and healing. Drawing on the most recent biomedical research into stem cells Read more…