Listen "The Humanities in Times of Crisis"
Episode Synopsis
Poet, writer, and physician Dr. Rafael Campo reads his poem “The Doctor's Song” and talks about the healing power of the humanities. Dr. Gioia Woods, a professor in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at Northern Arizona University, shares The Pandemic Stories Project, a reading, discussion, and oral history program she created to document the impact of COVID-19 in her rural community.Learn more about Dr. Campo’s work and poetry on his website, watch his TEDx talk, and read the Poetry Section he edits at the Journal of the American Medical Association.Explore the Pandemic Stories Project and Plague Virtual Book Club, and about Dr. Woods’ work and recent book, Left in the West: Literature, Culture, and Progressive Politics in the American West. about this episode’s topic and guests at our website.
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