To the Heart of the Heart
Suzanne Koven turns her ear to “Heart: A History” by Sandeep Jauhar.
Suzanne Koven turns her ear to “Heart: A History” by Sandeep Jauhar.
Suzanne Koven applies a clinical lens to “Sick: A Memoir” by Porochista Khakpour.
Suzanne Koven reviews David B. Morris's "Eros and Illness."
Suzanne Koven examines “The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician’s Search for the Renewal of Medicine” by Abraham M. Nussbaum.
"It's difficult today to think of lobotomy as surgery, and not torture."
Suzanne Koven finds a personal memoir of motherhood in Megan Stielstra’s Once I Was Cool: “Stielstra’s prose reads like something your friend needs...
Leslie Jamison gets high marks for The Empathy Exams.