Literature & Medicine

A highlight of the Literature and Medicine Program participant interviews.

A curated list of suggestions from a California Humanities Literature & Medicine Facilitator

We're seeking host sites for Literature & Medicine® in Southern California and the Central Coast.

New Literature & Medicine® sites in Bakersfield and Sacramento have been added.

By Kris Clarke, Ph.D (Literature & Medicine facilitator in Fresno) I first learned about the intersection of literature and medicine when I heard Dr. Rita Charon speak at a narrative conference in Tampere, Finland in 2011. As a former English major turned social worker, the recognition that healing springs from listening …

On June 9th and 10th, Cal Humanities hosted a civic reflection facilitation training for public librarians at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Click HERE to read the full article from our friends at the Center for Civic Reflection.

The Grapes of Wrath, marking its 75th anniversary this year, is the story of the Joad family, who, along with other dust-bowl migrants,  journey out of Oklahoma to California, searching for jobs, land, a future, and hope. Cal Humanities undertook its own journey through the “Reading the Grapes of Wrath” …

“Science is not enough by itself; love is not enough by itself. As clinicians, loved ones, or caregivers, we are liable to miss something important, until we try something new.” Healing has as much to do with the soul as the body. Through the Literature and Medicine program, which we’re …