A Richard Selzer Reader: Blood and Ink is a career-spanning
collection, including major short stories and essays by the
renowned doctor-author. In the 1960s, while practicing as a general
surgeon and teaching surgery at the Yale School of Medicine,
Richard Selzer began publishing unique creative work in magazines
such as Harper's and Esquire. By 1985, when he retired as a
physician to devote himself completely to writing, Selzer was
already recognized as a pioneer in the field of medical humanities.
When he died in 2016, as the author of 13 books, his influence was
acknowledged by a younger generation of doctor-writers like Abraham
Verghese and Atul Gawande. Selzer's unusual style fuses scientific
and poetic language. Drawing on favorite readings, from the King
James Bible to the tales of Edgar Allen Poe, he used this style to
convey a sense of awe at the beauty and complexity of the human
body, even in the midst of suffering. While describing himself as
an atheist, Selzer always searched for "sacramental" moments of
courtesy, courage, and grace in medical encounters. Because he
often looked critically at the failure of doctors to regard the
full humanity of their patients, Selzer's work has become required
reading in many medical training programs. A Richard Selzer Reader
includes several of the author's most famous essays and stories, as
well as two dozen selections that have not been collected in his
previous books. Chronologically, the material ranges from
apprenticeship stories (as far back as a high-school composition)
to two odd self-portraits that remained unpublished at the time of
Selzer's death. Topically, the material ranges from meditations on
the body, and on human mortality, to reflections on both medicine
and writing as serious vocations. Along the way, Selzer celebrates
the work of other doctor-writers, like Thomas Browne and Anton
Chekhov, and in a series of previously unpublished diary entries he
discusses the joys of nature, art, and family as bulwarks against
the difficulties of growing old.
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