I don’t remember her name, but I remember her room number: 306. She was a new resident at the facility, however within three days of her admittance everyone knew who she was. She didn’t belong. I remember my first time going into 306. The bright red glow of her room number blinked over and over …
Cheryl Strayed’s “Heroin/e” was an emotional piece in which she allowed nothing to get in between her and the writing. This piece was real, and I felt that she left nothing out- even her most vulnerable moments. I picked up on a theme of addiction and using drugs to suppress or escape the pain felt …
The memory takes place in my house in Dover, New Hampshire. But it’s not the significance of the specific place that had me recall this memory so well. It is what happened there, one afternoon. I believe that certain events and actions in a specific moment can make a place that you have gone home …
The first thing that made me really love War Dances, was Alexie, and his way of being witty while writing. He (or his character) was able to infuse humor throughout the story, which made it an easy read. Even though he was writing about some things that were difficult-like his father’s surgery and death, his …
My first impression on the essay was that I was happy to see that medical schools are engaging their students in trials in which they can practice their “bedside manner”. Usually having competence is so emphasized in traditional medical schools, that skills in bedside manner are not touched upon a lot. What I liked about …
When I was reading Lucy Grealy’s account on her emotional journey that started with her tooth cancer and was carried along through numerous surgeries, I was shocked about how alone she was. It seemed that there was no one that she could share her emotions with, even through her very first experience with her cancer, …
I am a Junior here at UNE! I am currently majoring in medical biology. During the second half of my freshman year, I discovered the new writing minor on campus, and was urged to follow that path to increase my communication skills with the world. I am also a chemistry minor (don’t ask me why). …
This is a test post for my class, Narrative Medicine and Writing! -Maritza
