Issue #1

Conversation

March 15th, 2019

Table of Contents

Letter from the Editor: A Standing Invitation to Join the Conversation

Letter from the Nonfiction Editor: The Universal Need for Humanity

1392 | Emily Duren
Talking Headaches | Pam Munter
The Words | Suzanne Samuels
Unmanageable Care | Shara Kronmal
In the World | Caitlin Farrell
Forgetting Aiden | Cyndy Cendagorta

Artist’s Statement | Hannah Jeremiah

An Authentic Sense of Self: PSM Talks with Cat Gwynn – Photographer, Artist, and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor

Letter from the Fiction Editor: The Purpose of Writing: Human Connection

A Way Up the Hill | Scott Beard
Be Here Now | Eric Jacobs
Local Legend | James Swansbrough
Scrubbed and Waiting | Cathy Warner

The Beauty of Practice: PSM Talks with Chaya Bhuvaneswar – Physician and Creative Writer

Letter from the Poetry Editor: The Humanizing Power of Civil Words

The Color Blue and It’s been six years | Fae Kayarian
The Striker Talks with the Doctor | John Davis
Surrounded by Strangers, Bedside Manner,
+++and Standing on Wishbones | Laurie Kolp
Operating Talk and The Good Patient | Ann Wallace
Alzheimer’s, Reverse Cheating,
+++and My Mother Said | Suellen Wedmore
Sella Turcica | Amy Baskin
Unnameable | Sam Moore
Keeping Score and Tuesday Night | Danielle Salvadori