55-word stories are just that—stories told in 55 words. The genre wascoined by Steven Moss, founder of the New Times weekly in SanLuis Obispo County, CA, which sponsored the first 55-word storycontest in 1987. Since then, many communities, including medicine,have found the form useful in telling their unique experiences. Voices from the Faculty Editorial board …
Chemo, Cancer, CAT scans
“Your mother is my idol,” one of her
residents says to me.
Hurried first-grade drop-off: “You working moms care more about your work than your kids.”
The aftermath was filled with fear and despair.
Meeting in the GEM Court Garden, a vital hidden oasis in the center of the concrete VA campus…
I am the very model of a preceptor neurosurgical…
Beyonce singing Etta sings to Byhalia…
You were very late.
“I’m 55 and unhealthy. Hoped to make 60. Heart’s not working. What are my options?”
A pandemic and an earthquake hit in the same week.
My fifth grader received an F in online band.
Five, vibrant, and full of life.
So many: educators, peers, researchers, patients, students, friends.
So, my daughter will die?
Code called. Up the stairs. Into the room.
Remind yourself that you endured 12 years of postgraduate education.
The Navajo Reservation, first day on call.
Dear Reader, This year, we invited faculty members to submit stories written in conversation with another. Drs. Brenner and Volden responded with their two-part poem, “Respite in the Garden,” in which Dr. Volden asks, “How vulnerable do you want to be?” Her question resonates throughout this issue. In “Ready … Set … ,” Dr. Kobernick …
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Children give me permission.
you have three-quarters of a leg on the left
Doritos on chest. South Park.
