How Words Can Heal: A Celebration of the Intersection of Poetry and Medicine

What role does poetry have in the lives of physicians, scientists, patients, and caregivers?

To explore this question, Bellevue Literary Review (BLR) presents “How Words Can Heal,” an event that brings together diverse perspectives at this intersection of arts and sciences. Join Jenny Qi, Ph.D., former cancer biologist and author of the award-winning debut poetry collection Focal Point; physician-poet Dr. David Watts, author of Having and Keeping; poet and translator Patrick Donnelly, author of Little-Known Operas; and “rural hip-hop blues” poet Saleem Hue Penny, winner of BLR‘s 2021 Marica and Jan Vilcek Prize for Poetry. The panelists will read a selection of their poems and discuss the convergence of poetry and medicine in their work and lives. The event will be moderated by BLR Poetry Editor and author of Devil’s Lake Sarah M. Sala.

Free. Register for the link.

Learn more about BLR at www.blreview.org