Healing Arts Speaker Series: Nellie Hermann

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Jan. 29 | 7 p.m. | Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University

“Creative Writing and the Capacity for Empathy”

Nellie Hermann is creative director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. Her first novel, "The Cure for Grief" (Scribner: 2008), received national acclaim and was chosen as a Target Breakout book. Hermann’s short story, “Can We Let the Baby Go?,” won first prize in Glimmer Train’s 2008 Family Matters competition and was published in the winter 2010 issue. Her forthcoming novel about the early life of Vincent van Gogh, "The Season of Migration," will be released in January.

In this discussion Hermann will talk about the use of creative writing and narrative to enhance our capacity for understanding and empathy in the clinical encounter.