‘Internal Medicine’ Gives a Resident’s Eye View of the Hospital
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Before he was a practicing physician, Terrence Holt was a creative writing professor. In his new short story collection, Internal Medicine, he trains his writer’s eye on the experience of residency: the years-long process in which doctors are made. In nine stories, a doctor struggles against suffering, disease, and his own weaknesses. Read an excerpt from the book.
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Terrence Holt
Terrence Holt is author of Internal Medicine: A Doctor’s Stories (Liveright, 2014); an assistant professor of social medicine and geriatric medicine; and director of the Masters curriculum in literature, medicine, and culture at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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About Annie Minoff
@annieminoffAnnie Minoff is a producer for The Journal from Gimlet Media and the Wall Street Journal, and a former co-host and producer of Undiscovered. She also plays the banjo.