Leading from a Chair
A pandemic and an earthquake hit in the same week.

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.
Wet, cold, black surrounds me
Darkness descends
Dax’s orange hat
You arrived alone that autumn night, your tiny
I like my mask
“You’re a resident?”
“My father died, slipped in the shower.”
“I’m sick, Doctor!”
Your thin skin
I stand on the side you can still see from