Sick Day
Donna Harlan resides in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Her poetry collection Bench by the Pond was published in 2019, and her works have been featured in several publications.
Medmic
Ohio Night
Patricia Cannon has been a Registered Nurse at UCSF since 2001. Her passions are her faith, photography, and the written word in all its forms.
Artwork by Autumn Foote.
Hallelujah
By Jayesh Sharma I’ve gotten used to the scene I walk into: softened light illuminating a twin sized bed filled to the brim with stuffed
Interview with poet Kelly R. Samuels by Jane Newkirk
Kelly R. Samuels is the author of the full-length collection All the Time in the World (Kelsay Books) and two chapbooks: Words Some of Us Rarely Use and Zeena/Zenobia Speaks. She is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee with work appearing in The Massachusetts Review, Court Green and RHINO. She lives in the Upper Midwest.
Jane Newkirk serves as the poetry editor at Medmic. Her poems have appeared in Empty House Press, The Shore, Naugatuck River Review, The Night Heron Barks, Intima, and others. In 2019, her creative nonfiction was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is an occupational therapist in Jackson, Mississippi.
Three Poems by Dick Westheimer
Dick Westheimer lives in rural southwest Ohio. He is winner of the
2023 Joy Harjo Poetry Prize, a Rattle Poetry Prize finalist, and a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee. His poems have appeared or upcoming in Whale Road Review, Rattle, OneArt, Abandon Journal, Stone Poetry Quarterly, and Minyan. His chapbook, A Sword in Both Hands, Poems Responding to Russia’s War on Ukraine, is published by SheilaNaGig. More at www.dickwestheimer.com
Two Poems by Peggy Shumaker
Peggy Shumaker’s upcoming book is called still water carving light (Red Hen Press). Her lyrical memoir Just Breathe Normally chronicles her recovery after a life-changing wreck. She is deeply grateful to the doctors, nurses, techs, and staff whose care allowed her to heal and thrive.
Celebration
By Alexander Antigua Made
Alex is a third-year medical student at the Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University. He plans to specialize in Diagnostic Radiology with interests in Breast, Pediatrics, and Interventional Radiology. In his spare time, he enjoys board games, movies, and reading.
Kaeru – A Journey of Rediscovering Home Through Music
A vocalist, pianist, and internal medicine physician, Eki Shola uses her music as a conduit for healing. ASCAP Plus winner and selected ’23 people to watch in 2023′ by the Press Democrat, Eki Shola has shared the stage with Dr. Donald Byrd, Steve Turre and more and and has opened for various artists including Habib Koité, Bebel Gilberto, DakhaBrakha, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Lucky Otis, and Kitaro.
The five-time NorBay Music awardee was selected to participate in the OBRAS foundation, Portugal artist residency and recently completed a Japan tour for her 5th solo album, 還 (Kaeru), recorded with local artists drummer Hidenori Tsugita, shamisen and shakuhachi musician, Uma Ebina, and Mongolian Morin Khuur musician, Tatsuya Okabayashi.
Something’s Gonna Get You
David Bereby is an author from Brooklyn, New York. He frequently writes about science, especially science that touches on human behavior.
is work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Nature, Smithsonian, Aeon, Nautilus, The New Republic and many other publications.
He can be reached at :
https://substack.com/@davidberreby
My Doctor’s Appointments Feel Like Little Vacations
David Bereby is an author from Brooklyn, New York. He frequently writes about science, especially science that touches on human behavior.
is work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Nature, Smithsonian, Aeon, Nautilus, The New Republic and many other publications.
He can be reached at :
https://substack.com/@davidberreby