{"id":10792,"date":"2020-02-07T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/?page_id=10792"},"modified":"2020-10-15T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:22:34","slug":"nwp-course-readings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/all-bumc\/narrative-writing-program\/nwp-course-readings\/","title":{"rendered":"AY20 NWP Course Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/bumg\/files\/2018\/10\/NWP-Photo-3-636x242.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4812\" \/><\/span><strong>See below for the course readings in the 2019-2020 BUMC Narrative Writing Program (subject to change):<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">September 5th<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2018\/11\/Required.Lamott.1995.FirstDraftsPerfectionism.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Perfectionism\u2019 &amp; \u2018Shitty First Drafts\u2019<\/a> by Anne Lamott<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/annals.org\/aim\/article\/710331\/first-love\" style=\"color: #333333;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018First Love\u2019<\/a> by Richard Weinberg, MD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2643312\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\u2018Stories Doctors Tell\u2019<\/a> by Tracy Moniz, PhD, et al. <em>(optional)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">October 3rd<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2018\/11\/The-Ship-Pounding-Hall.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018The Ship Pounding\u2019<\/a> by Donald Hall<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2018\/11\/The-Shadows-Kenyon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018The Shadows\u2019<\/a> by Jane Kenyon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/02\/20\/point-of-view-enhancing-y_n_2720529.html\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\u2018Point of View: Enhancing Your Narrative Voice\u2019<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; quick overview at the\u00a0<em>Huffington Post<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2018\/11\/Point-of-View.Gardner.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Point of View&#8217; from <em>The Art of Fiction<\/em><\/a> by John Gardner (optional)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">November 7th<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/11\/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The-Yellow-Wall-Paper<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by\u00a0Charlotte Perkins Gilman<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2018\/11\/Character.Lamott.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Character\u2019<\/a> from <em>Bird by Bird <\/em>by Anne Lammott<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">December 5th<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2018\/12\/Plotting.Gardner.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8216;Plotting&#8217;<\/a> from <em>The Art of Fiction<\/em> by John Gardner<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2018\/12\/Structure.McPhee.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8216;Structure&#8217;<\/a> in the <em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>New Yorker<\/em> by John McPhee<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2018\/12\/Long.Fall_.Paterniti.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8216;The Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy&#8217;<\/a> by Michael Paterniti<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">January 16th<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/02\/Poems.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Poems\u2019<\/a> (please read at least one of these poem)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/02\/Three.Pieces.Natalie.Goldberg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three Pieces <\/a>by Natalie Goldberg<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rattle.com\/from-a-conversation-with-maria-mazziotti-gillan\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conversation with Maria Mazziotti Gillan<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/02\/Links.to_.Optional.Readings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Links to Optional Readings<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">February 6th<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/09\/11\/health\/views\/11case.html\" style=\"color: #333333;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018When a Duplicate Family Moves In\u2019<\/a> by Carol Berman, MD (<em>NYT<\/em>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nursingcenter.com\/journalarticle?Article_ID=737298&amp;Journal_ID=54030&amp;Issue_ID=737204\" style=\"color: #333333;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018She Thinks of Horses: And waits for the one true Jake\u2019<\/a> by Joy Jacobson, MFA (<em>AJN<\/em>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/news\/Books\/All-Fathers-the-Father\/2005\/01\/05\/1104832174377.html\" style=\"color: #333333;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018All Father\u2019s the Father\u2019<\/a> by Emmett Stinson, PhD, MA (<em>The Age<\/em>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Optional: <a href=\"http:\/\/nautil.us\/issue\/42\/fakes\/to-understand-facebook-study-capgras-syndrome\" style=\"color: #333333;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018To Understand Facebook, Study Capgras Syndrome\u2019<\/a> by Robert Sapolsky, PhD (<em>Nautilus<\/em>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">March 5th<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/03\/Short.Assignments.Lamott.BirdbyBird.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8216;Short Assignments&#8217;<\/a> by Anne Lamott (<em>Bird by Bird)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2010\/02\/08\/the-patch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8216;The Patch&#8217;<\/a> by John McPhee (<em>The New Yorker)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">April 2nd<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/05\/Swimmer.Cheever.NewYorker.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #333333;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;The Swimmer&#8217;<\/a> by John Cheever (<em>The New Yorker<\/em>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/04\/Baptism-by-Rotation.Bulgakov.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\u2018Baptism by Rotation\u2019<\/a> by Mikhail Bulgakov (<em>A Country Doctor&#8217;s Notebook<\/em>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/04\/Off-Label-Scripts.VanOosting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\u2018Off-Label Scripts: Physicians-as-Writers, Patients-as-Readers\u2019<\/a> by James Van Oosting (<em>The Hedgehog Review<\/em>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">June 4th<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">from<a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/05\/Doty.ArtofDescription.2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333333;\"><i> The Art of Description: Word into World <\/i><\/a>by Mark Doty<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">from\u00a0<a href=\"\/bumg\/files\/2019\/05\/Verghese.MyOwnCountry.1995.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>My Own Country<\/em><\/a> by Abraham Verghese<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See below 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