Michael Ondaatje And Colleagues Visit Columbia University To Read From Their Works
| Contact: Carolyn Conway
212-305-3900 MEDIA ADVISORY CALENDAR LISTING Novelist and Poet Michael Ondaatje and Colleagues Visit Columbia University College Of Physicians & Surgeons To Read From Their Works WHO & WHAT: Michael Ondaatje, author of the best-selling book and Academy Award-winning film, “The English Patient,” will host Program in Narrative Medicine: Writer-in-Residence Hour at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons (P&S). As writer-in-residence, the author will introduce works of fiction and poetry that relate illness and medicine to ordinary human life. In addition to teaching literature seminar for medical students, faculty and hospital staff, he is bringing other writers to speak to the medical center community and the general public about medicine, illness and loss. DATE/ SCHEDULE PLACE: Tuesday, November 28, 5 p.m. Michael Schull, M.D. Schull will discuss emergency medicine in regions at war. Canadian President of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders. Atchley-Loeb Conference Room PH 8E 107A, 622 W. 168th Street Tuesday, December 5, 5 p.m. Joan Didion – Didion will read from her novel Democracy. Main Lounge, Bard Hall 50 Haven Ave. (west end of 169th Street) Thursday, December 7, 5 p.m. Michael Ondaatje Ondaatje will read from recent writing and speak about his experiences at the medical center. Alumni Auditorium, Black Building 650 W. 168th St. Monday, December 11, 5 p.m. Walter Murch, film editor Murch will screen film clips and talk about the editing process Neurological Institute Alumni Auditorium 710 W. 168th St. . Tuesday, December 19, 5 p.m. Reading by CPMC Writers CPMC medical students and staff will read from prose and poetry on illness and healing. Ondaatje will lead a discussion of the writers’ work. Atchley-Loeb Conference Room PH 8E 107A, 622 W. 168th St. CONTACT: For more information about the events in the series, contact Program Coordinator Rebecca Garden, reg8@columbia.edu, 212-305-6787. For more information about the Program in Narrative Medicine,contact Program Director Dr. Rita Charon, rac5@columbia.edu, 212-305-4942. ### |
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