Works in progress: creative nonfiction on health and science tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011-08-09:/jbeattie/myblog//14086 2011-09-09T19:13:07Z This site attempts to provide the diverse outcomes of supporting U of MN authors, across the professional life-cycle from trainee to emeritus faculty, in learning to write narratively about their experiences; creating a space for self-publishing of their stories; establishing a confederacy of writers on campus looking to advance the genre as a legitimate form of scholarship; and engaging a broader community of readers in conversation about the complexities and wonder inherent in health and basic sciences. The genre called creative nonfiction, described by Lee Gutkind, as a "story...that serves to communicate information and to make a point."(http://www.leegutkind.com/cnf_genre.html) Movable Type Enterprise 4.31-en Pulse - voices from the heart of medicine tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/jbeattie/myblog//14086.307228 2011-09-09T19:09:30Z 2011-09-09T19:13:07Z James Beattie Jr

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]]> Hektoen International tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/jbeattie/myblog//14086.301403 2011-08-09T22:17:31Z 2011-08-09T22:18:46Z Hektoen International, founded in Fall 2008, is a journal that explores the interdisciplinary field of the medical humanities. It is published online by the Hektoen Institute of Medicine, a not-for-profit organization promoting medical research and education. The journal is named... James Beattie Jr Hektoen International, founded in Fall 2008, is a journal that explores the interdisciplinary field of the medical humanities. It is published online by the Hektoen Institute of Medicine, a not-for-profit organization promoting medical research and education. The journal is named in honor of Doctor Ludvig Hektoen, a distinguished professor of pathology at the University of Chicago.

]]> The Examined Life Journal tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/jbeattie/myblog//14086.301402 2011-08-09T22:14:07Z 2011-08-09T22:15:41Z The Examined Life: A Literary Journal of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine is a new print journal published biannually by the Writing and Humanities Program at the Carver College of Medicine. A forum devoted to literary prose... James Beattie Jr The Examined Life: A Literary Journal of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine is a new print journal published biannually by the Writing and Humanities Program at the Carver College of Medicine. A forum devoted to literary prose and poetry, the journal intends to deepen and complicate our understanding of healthcare and healing, illness, the human body, and the human condition.

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]]> Bellevue Literary Review tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/jbeattie/myblog//14086.301399 2011-08-09T22:08:19Z 2011-09-09T19:05:33Z Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States, has been witness to nearly three centuries of human drama. In this tradition we have created the Bellevue Literary Review, a forum for illuminating humanity and human experience. The BLR... James Beattie Jr Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States, has been witness to nearly three centuries of human drama. In this tradition we have created the Bellevue Literary Review, a forum for illuminating humanity and human experience. The BLR is published by the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center. We invite submissions of previously unpublished works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that touch upon relationships to the human body, illness, health and healing. We encourage creative interpretation of these themes.

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