Need to solve a challenging problem? Read or write some poetry! Compelling research demonstrates that poetry can accelerate ...

Purpose Stigmatisation and lack of awareness about many women’s health concerns constitute a major public health problem. This study analyses the impact of a narrative medicine (NM) intervention ...

Faithfully narrative, they write journeys, objects and places into shared significance, but are also careful to record those more glancing moments when speech eludes, connection fails or the best ...

Health care requires humanity. At its roots, narrative medicine embodies this ideology. Coined in 2000 by internist and scholar Rita Charon, MD, PhD, the field is “medicine practiced with the ...

Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature by Dick Higgins (1987), for example, documents examples of chessboard, labyrinth and riddle poems from centuries past.

He doesn’t consider narrative poetry a fine example of the art, yet many poets at APPNA’s Mushaira recited poems commenting on the current political developments in Pakistan.

From ancient Greek soapbox soliloquies to viral TikTok videos of poetry slams, spoken word has always charged language with kinetic immediacy. Encompassing a unique blend of honesty and an ...

Explore Narrative Possibilities: The Transformative Power of Writing, Story, and Poetry in Personal and Professional Development at AU’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Science.