The Rewards of Reflective Storytelling

The University Seminar on Narrative, Health, and Social Justice Presents: The Rewards of Reflective Storytelling 

Speaker: Donna Bulseco, SPS'14 in Narrative Medicine, Editor of Where It Hurts: Dispatches from the Emotional Frontlines of Medicine (2026) and Editor-in-Chief of Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine. 

Moderator: Mario de la Cruz, SPS'12 in Narrative Medicine; Lecturer; School of Professional Studies and Associate Director, CUIMC Division of Narrative Medicine

As part of a moderated discussion, Donna Bulseco, editor of Where It Hurts: Dispatches from the Emotional Frontlines of Medicine (2026), will share insights about the process of bringing pieces from the digital space into physical print. She will also present contributors who will read work from this debut anthology and engage in dialogue about the importance of reflective writing practices, representation of the voices in healthcare, and the opportunities present in engaging with the experiences of others through literature. 

Where It Hurts offers a glimpse into the daily realities of those charged with taking care of us at our most vulnerable. In raw and revealing essays, stories, and poems, from doctors, nurses, EMTs, therapists, and more, we hear what it's like to deal with difficult patients, life-changing diagnoses, private doubts, painful failures, and the victories that keep them going.