The Science of Curing and The Art of Healing: A Poet's Experience
A talk about a writer's view of perceptions of language and senses of survival in a hospital environment. Drawn from experiences in the arts program of an Irish hospital.
Professor Boland will discuss the importance of the language of hope in a terminal environment.
Speaker: Eavan Boland, The Bella Mabury and Eloise Mabury Knapp Professor in Humanities, The Melvin and Bill Lane Professor, Director Creative Writing Program, Stanford University