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Teaching the Literature of Mad Women

Teaching the Literature of Mad Women

On Gendered Notions of Mental Illness, and Who "Deserves" to Be Depressed

By Sarah Fawn Montgomery | September 24, 2018

Did Dante Alighieri Suffer From a Sleep Disorder?

Did Dante Alighieri Suffer From a Sleep Disorder?

On the Sleeplessness That Makes Patients Weak With Laughter

By Henry Nicholls | September 7, 2018

What Kind of Personality Type Was Truman Capote?

What Kind of Personality Type Was Truman Capote?

Merve Emre on the Berkeley Researchers Determined to Unlock the Secrets of Creativity

By Merve Emre | September 5, 2018

What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

On Neurochemistry, Lucia Berlin, and the Dangers of Empathy Loss

By Maryanne Wolf | August 8, 2018

What If We Power the Artificial Heart with Plutonium?

What If We Power the Artificial Heart with Plutonium?

From the Annals of Questionable Ideas in Medicine

By Mimi Swartz | August 3, 2018

What Does It Mean To Be A Doctor and a Writer?

What Does It Mean To Be A Doctor and a Writer?

Four Physician-Writers on Their Craft

By Literary Hub | July 23, 2018

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