William Trowbridge: Polio Days
July of 1949 was especially hot in Omaha, but the polio epidemic got most of the news coverage. Across the country, hospitals were filling up.
July 30, 2025 · 14 Comments
Ben Martin: COVID-19 and Philip Roth’s Nemesis
The practice of medicine demands answers, yet to practice medicine in the United States is an invitation […] to be swallowed by suffering that eludes meaning.
March 18, 2020 · 4 Comments
Jose Padua: Jump
I’m five, in 1962, jumping over and over from the sofa to the rug in our apartment on the second floor at 19th and S Street, jumping to the orchestral … Continue reading
November 30, 2014 · 1 Comment
