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Public writing, working arguments, and research notes on the craft of doctoring.

Interpretive essays, research summaries, and shorter notes connect the Library and historical record to questions emerging in medicine now.

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Essays · Findings · Notes

Several kinds of writing, one continuing inquiry

Essays

Longer arguments about doctoring, poetry, physician writing, and the future physician role.

Findings

Clear, public-facing summaries of patterns emerging through research and archival work.

Notes

Shorter pieces that surface a question, a source, a method, or a line of inquiry worth following.

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The unchosen word

Emily Dickinson, sam sax, and the probabilities around a poem.

From manuscript variants to model-generated alternatives: an illustrated essay on the literary history, mathematics, and limits of Remix Mode, with a worked example and inspectable data.

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