At our monthly Four Corners Writers Workshop on July 16, I presented a talk titled 21st Century Medicine: New Ideas for Mystery, Metaphor and Murder. The discussion covered recent changes in the American healthcare system, both large and small, and included examples of new technologies, medications, and system changes. Interspersed were examples of medical metaphor and mystery usage from Keats, Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie,T.S. Eliot and Abraham Verghese to help visualize the wide range of opportunities, and hopefully provide inspiration for, creative writings of all types.
The slides from the Workshop can be found HERE. I hope these are helpful and I remain open to any questions from group members regarding medical issues (my e-mail is on the second slide).
Cheers,
Gus Hallin
Written by : Gustav Hallin
A retired critical care physician and aspiring writer, Gustav Hallin published the essay "Covid Comes to Colorado" in the 2024 Four Corners Writers anthology, Four Corners Voices (winner of the Colorado Book Award for Best Anthology), and is currently working on two medical mystery novels and a short story.
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