Fall 2022 Schedule
A monthly online workshop – free and open to all WFU students, faculty, staff, and community members – that introduces participants to Narrative Medicine and its core principles of close reading and reflective writing. Sponsored by the WFU Humanities Institute’s Story, Health, & Healing Initiative, made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
All sessions will take place at the Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education (475 Vine Street) — room numbers and links to readings will be sent with reservation confirmation.
Lunch will be provided.
Click here to register for one or all of the following sessions:
September 9th
October 7th
November 4th
December 2nd
https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctduGoqjgvHNI6_mi0mqfkbrYnILV9ozdx
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApc-ioqDMvH9db6Y23G57MqzfonztnenBE
Spring 2022 Schedule
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdeyvqzopE92qlD7hSIwVsLv5qheZkKDl
https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsceiprzgiHtK2TlgnBRZhJI57raytVJrS
12:00-1:15pm
Reading: “What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky” by Lesley Nneka Arimah
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtdu2vqzIjEtZFluZQaRW-7FrQh5BukrEu
12:00-1:15pm
Readings/Viewings: “Her Marked Black Body” by Cynthia Parker-Ohene and “How Hair Changes Before Expiration” by J.E. Robinson (both read by Nkosi Nkululeko)
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Fall 2021 Schedule
Narrative Medicine Lunch & Learn Online Sessions
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12:00-1:15pm
12:00-1:15pm
Reading: “The Old Baby” by Elizabeth Crowder
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12:00-1:15pm
Reading: “The Universe as Primal Scream” by Tracy K. Smith and “Coffee Break” by Kwame Dawes
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Summer 2021 Schedule
Narrative Medicine Lunch & Learn Online Sessions
Poems: “After an Illness, Walking the Dog” by Jane Kenyon and “Emerald Spider Between Rose Thorns” by Dean Young
12:00-1:15pm
12:00-1:15pm
Reading: “Broken” by Ramya Sampath
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Spring 2021 Schedule
Narrative Medicine Lunch & Learn Online Sessions
Thursday, January 28th
12:00-1:15pm
Reading: “Poison” by Sarah Manguso
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvdumsqzkuH9OrxxrOdaRUg0QoQmBNTihw
Thursday, February 25th
12:00-1:15pm
Reading: “A Gullah Woman Comes to Clinic” by Ethan Stonerook
Featuring a conversation with the author!
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMocO6przwiE9WSzRDI4zqgUvtE4_R-f8Lb
Thursday, March 25th
12:00-1:15pm
Reading: “Face Time” by Lorrie Moore
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcOmgpjstGNy7iaZtOtv-RtPSYqA2kazr
Thursday, April 29th
12:00-1:15pm
Reading: “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtd-qvpjMiHNTRhrgqFejNS_CVTJSgt1Ka
Fall 2020 Schedule
Thursday, September 24th
12:00-1:15pm
Readings: “Try to Praise the Mutilated World” by Adam Zagajewski and “won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcodO6vrTsqGNJprG81405Qf5SmPh31h63v
Thursday, October 29th
12:00-1:15pm
Reading: “Numb” by Nikhil Barot
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlc–uqTkqHdVrDfzzfxgszKRJkHk5O_TR
Thursday, December 3rd
12:00-1:15pm
Reading (audio recording): “Too Long, Too Short” by Jay Baruch
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https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkduutrT8vG9dvTP4c4G7RdXa6hPKCbDcN
Please feel free to share the registration information with your students and colleagues. You can register at any point up until the start of the session.
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Aimee Mepham, Associate Director, at mephamam@nullwfu.edu.
The Humanities Institute
The WFU Humanities Institute, establishes programs and provides funding for university faculty in the humanities and other fields of study engaging in humanistic inquiry and scholarship.