Each week our Editor, Deirdre Neilen, reads a poem or excerpt from the current issue of The Healing Muse on HealthLink On Air, Upstate's NPR radio show. The show can be heard on WRVO Sundays at 6 am and 9 pm. Here is an archive of past readings (re-broadcasts not listed):

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2021

June:

• "Double Crown" by Vaneta Masson, Vol. 20
• "The Conditions of Happiness" by Charlene Langfur, Vol. 19
• "The Sailor's Hitch" by Eric Machan Howd, Vol. 20

May:

• "The Dance of All" by Pam Freeman, Vol. 19
• "Body-surfing" by Barry Peters, Vol.19
• "Birdie Leaves This World" by Cathy Kodra, Vol. 19
• "Two Arts" by Jennifer Wholey, Vol. 19

April:

• "Invisible Ocean" by Jerome Gagnon, Vol. 19
• "Starling's Law of the Heart" by Jasper Kennedy, Vol. 19
• "Rich" by Harmony Button, Vol. 20
• "Heathens for the Day" by Nancy Geyer, Vol. 19
• "Prayer for the Status Quo" by Jane Schapiro, Vol. 19
• "Dr. Moon Is My Oncologist" by Lisa Wiley, Vol. 19

March:

• "How to Save Someone's Life" by Anne Rankin, Vol. 20
• "The Good Doctor" by Mimi Herman, Vol. 20
• "Overlooked" by Gigi Marks, Vol. 20
• "The Good Doctor" by Mimi Herman, Vol. 20
• "Great Grace and Sharp Wings" by Jessica Mehta, Vol. 19
• "Sees Me Beautifully (A Koan in Five Acts)" by Pam Freeman, Vol. 19

February:

• "In the Presence of Bees" (excerpt) by Emily Ellison, Vol. 20
• "Prognosis" by Alice Haines, Vol. 20
• "Rich" by Harmony Button, Vol. 20
• "Three Feet" by Winston Oliver, Vol. 20

January:

• "Hammers" by Anthony Cordasco, Vol. 20
• "Inside Artist" by Eric Machan Howd, Vol. 20
• "When She Tells Me Pansies Will Die" by Katharyn Howd Machan, Vol. 20
• "The Dance of All" by Pam Freeman, Vol. 19
• "Making Rounds" by Peter Cronkright, Vol. 20
• "Contagion" by James McCague, Vol. 20

2020

December:

• "In the Presence of Bees" (excerpt) by Emily Ellison, Vol. 20
• "Doves" by Katharyn Howd Machan, Vol. 20
• "Yesterday"and "You May Not Know" by Joyce Holmes McAllister, Vol. 19

November:

• "Safety" by Elaine Friebele, Vol.19
• "Washing Mother's Hair" by Cortney Davis, Vol. 19
• "I Am Now an Understudy" by Ellen Goldsmith, Vol. 20
• "Contagion" by James McCague and "Making Rounds" by Peter Cronkright, Vol. 20
• "Whose Lots Are Worse?" by Eric v.d. Luft, Vol. 20
• "Shelter in Place" by Alison Terjek, Vol. 20
• "Journal" by Terry Martin, Vol.19
• "Without this Poem" by Kathleen Kramer, Vol. 19

October:

• "St. Geni of the Seventh Grade Origami" by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke, Vol. 19
• "Dr. Moon Is My Mother's Oncologist" by Lisa Wiler, Vol.19

September:

• "Prayer for the Status Quo" by Jane Schapiro, Vol. 19
• "The Things We Lose" by Corrinne Spaulding, Vol. 19
• "Two Arts" by Jennifer Wholey, Vol. 19
• "Fused" by Gloria Heffernan, Vol. 19
• "Sleeping with My Sister" by Zoe FitzGerald-Beckett, Vol. 19
• "We Were" by Jeremy Gadd, Vol. 19

August:

• "Sees Me Beautifully (A Koan in Five Acts)" by Pam Freeman, Vol. 19
• "A Microdeletion of 4p" by Kim Welliver, Vol. 19
• "Now That You Mention It" by Mary Gardner, Vol. 19
• "Tumble Dry, Hang" by Laura Ann Weldon, Vol. 19
• "My Mother and Ellen West" by Nina Bannett, Vol. 19
• "Recipe for Lemon Cupcakes" by Laura Carroll, Vol. 19

July:

• "Heathens for the Day" by Nancy Geyer, Vol. 19
• "Feathered Opera" by Gareth Culshaw, Vol. 19
• "The Pain in My Head" by Michael Stokes, Vol. 19
• "On Obeisty" by Sophia Valesca Görgens, Vol. 19
• "Great Grace and Sharp Wings" by Jessica Mehta, Vol. 19
• "Rage" by Sarah Kuhlman, Vol. 19
• "Heads or Tails" by Theresa Wyatt, Vol.19

June:

• "Closer Looks" by Richard E. Kenney, Vol .19
• "Floating Circle" by Ginger Hanchey, Vol. 18
• "Irish Wake" by Lisa Wiley, Vol. 18
• "through a sky of crimson thread" by Kaz Sussman, Vol. 18
• "Brain Fog" by Claudia M. Reder, Vol. 19
• "The Knitters" by Ellen Hirning Schmidt, Vol. 19

May:

• "The Conditions of Happiness" by Charlene Langfur, Vol. 19
• "Invisible Ocean" by Jerome Gagnon, Vol. 19
• "Starling's Law of the Heart" by Jasper Kennedy, Vol. 19
• "At Long Last" by Tish Pearlman, Vol. 19
• "Requiem" by Tish Pearlman, Vol. 19
• "Dr. Moon Is My Mother's Oncologist" by Lisa Wiley, Vol. 19

April:

• "Opening in the Attic" by Kaye C. Newbury, Vol.19
• "And That's That" by Kaye C. Newbury, Vol.19
• "Pastry Cream, Reverie" by Marley Stuart, Vol. 18
• "Evening Feast" by Alf Abuhajleh, Vol. 18

March:

• "We Were" by Jeremy Gadd, Vol. 19
• "Sleeping with My Sister" by Zoe FitzGerald-Beckett, Vol. 19
• "The Poem That I Will Be Remembered For" by Joan Cofrancesco, Vol. 19
• "Heads or Tails" by Theresa Wyatt, Vol. 19
• "Hospital Moongazers" by Richard Wu, Vol. 19
• "Safety" by Elaine Friebele, Vol.19
• "Washing Mother's Hair" by Cortney Davis, Vol. 19

February:

• "Why Does It Matter That" by Robert W. Daly, Vol. 19
• "My Father the Mathematician Has Fallen" by Judith H. Montgomery, Vol. 19
• "My Mother and Ellen West" by Nina Bannett, Vol. 19
• "Recipe for Lemon Cupcakes" by Laura Carroll, Vol. 19

January:

• "Journal" by Terry Martin, Vol. 19
• "Without This Poem" by Kathleen Kramer, Vol.19
• "Brain Fog" by Claudia M. Reder, Vol. 19

2019

December:

• "Endurance" by Gigi Marks, Vol. 19
• "In the Retelling" by Donna L. Emerson, Vol. 19
• "Nightmare" by Taylor DeBlase, Vol. 18
• “6 Years” by Vanessa Zimmerman, Vol. 18

November:

• "Palliative" by Patricia Belote, Vol. 18
• "Yesterday"and "You May Not Know" by Joyce Holmes McAllister, Vol. 19

October:

• “Panic Attack” by Cailey Blair, Vol. 18
• "Beautiful Hands, Beautiful Feet" (excerpt) by Julie Ann Jocum, Vol.18
• "My Mother(s) Remains" by Jessica Tyner Mehta
• “To My Husband and Fellow Medical Student” by Kasia Clark, Vol. 19

September:

• "Viola" by Barry Peters, Vol.18

August:

• "Saint Seal" by Joe Cottonwood, Vol.18
• "The Other Woman" by Elizabeth Brulé Farrell, Vol.18
• "Histoire" by Laura Bonnazoli, Vol.17

July:

• "In Flames" by Shawna L. Swetech, Vol. 18
• "In the Tall Grass" by Cynthia Knorr, Vol. 18
• "Driving Lesson" by Jim Farfaglia, Vol.18

June:

• "Faulty Armor" (excerpt) by Adam Philip Stern, Vol. 8
• "Confessions of a Physical Therapist" by Mary Arguelles, Vol.18
• "A Club for Us Who Almost Died” by Dianne Silvestri, Vol.18
• “Invisible Becomes Visible” by Rob Jacques, Vol.18
• "Wayfinder" and "Therapy Dog" by Linda Parsons, Vol.18
• "The Photograph " (excerpt) by Alexandra Godfrey, Vol.18

May:

• "July 30, 1995" by Mary Ann Whelan, Vol. 18
• "Fading Light" and "Circling, a Meditation," by Tish Pearlman, Vol.18

April:

• "Pink Eraser" by Judith H. Montgomery, Vol. 18
• "Trail" by Carmi Soifer, Vol. 18
• “The Last Time” by Matthew J. Babcock, Vol. 18
• "There's a Divinity" and "A Resurrection" by Bruce Bennett, Vol. 18

March:

• "Floating Circle" by Ginger Hanchey, Vol. 18
• "through a sky of crimson thread" by Kaz Sussman, Vol. 18
• Irish Wake" by Lisa Wiley, Vol. 18
• "What the Mapmakers Knew" and "The Nurse Who Brushed Your Hair" by Gloria Heffernan, Vol. 18
• "How to Get Through the Mountains" and "Pleasant Grove" by Katharyn Howd Machan, Vol. 18
• "Pastry Cream, Reverie" by Marley Stuart, Vol. 18
• "Evening Feast" by Alf Abuhajleh, Vol. 18

February:

• "Avocado" by Jenny Burkholder, Vol. 18
• "The Loss" by Joyce Holmes McAllister, Vol. 18

January 27:

• "Small Promise" by Mary Gardner, Vol. 18
• "Immortality" by Carol Alexander, Vol. 18

2018

December:

• “Dazzled” by Kaz Sussman, Vol.17
• “Don’t!” by Annette Berkovitz, Vol. 17
• “A Study in Black and Blue” by Geralyn Pinto, Vol. 17

November:

• "When They Stare" by Elizabeth Brulé Farrel, Vol.17
• "Sacred Ground" by Gloria Heffernan, Vol. 17
• Our new issue, Volume 18, is discussed; Round & Ripe & Wise, a special collection of poems by Muse Founder, Bonnie St. Andrews, is unveiled. Listen to the interview here.
• "We Missed a Deer" by Theresa Wyatt, Vol. 17
  
  

October:

• “Moving My Father” by Judith Montgomery, Vol. 17
• “Give My Son a Kiss From Me” (excerpt) by Elaine Mansfield, Vol. 17
• "Responsible" by Stefanie Reiff, Vol. 17

September:

• “A Greening of Sorts” by Gloria Heffernan, Vol. 17
• “'Tis New to Me” by Beverly Boyd, Vol. 17
• “Sunday Without Dementia” by Robert W. Daly, Vol. 17

August:

• “Unclouded Vision” by Jacqueline Jules, Vol. 17
• “Prednisone Lazarus” by Michael Harty, Vol. 17
• “Renegade Heart” and "The Ghost of My Mother" by Tish Pearlman, Vol. 17
• "The Girl is a Bag of Water" by Caelan Tree, Vol. 17
• "Tiny Observations" by Ivana Viani, Vol. 17

July:

• “Cancerversary” by Mary Arguelles, Vol. 17
• “Untangling Dark” by Mary Gardner, Vol.17
• "Lucky" by Diane Blue-Solis, Vol. 17
• "Silk Screws" by Lisa Roullard, Vol. 17

June:

• “Sincerity” by Philip Berry, Vol.17
• "In the ICU: Stains on the Blanket" by Michael Salcman, Vol. 17
• "Seeking Oz" by Lori Hawks, Vol. 17
• ”The Photograph” by Cynthia Carmichael, Vol. 17
• "Spine" by Angie Boissevain, Vol. 17
• “Room 204″ by Anne Andersen, Vol. 17

May:

• "When the Doctor Says Cancer" by Sara Pirkle Hughes, Vol. 17
• “What Insomniacs Do in Bed" by Donna Steiner, Vol. 17
• "Magic" by Katharyn Howd Machan, Vol. 17
• "Exit at Triphammer" by Bridget Meeds, Vol. 17

April:

• "Bucket List" by Maxine Susman, Vol. 17
• "Air" by Jennifer L. Freed, Vol. 17
• "Lady of the Lake" by Ronald Pies, Vol. 17x
• "Hope Speaks" by Scott Henderson, Vol. 17
• "Waiting for Revelation" by Peter Grandbois, Vol. 17

March:

• "Mission Peak" by Jane Craven, Vol. 17
• "Inside the Whale" by Colin Pope, Vol. 17
• "Like a Wary Anhinga" by Deirdre Hennings, Vol. 17

February:

• "No Score" and "Writing It Out" by Joyce Holmes McAllister, Vol. 17
• "Missed Anniversary" and "Sixty-Two Years: A Pantoum" by Bruce Bennett, Vol. 17

January:

• "Writing" by Brielle Stanton, Vol. 17
• " Whiplash" by Haley Shea, Vol. 17
• "Native Non Native" by Christopher T. Keaveney, Vol. 17

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2017

December:

• "I, a Muslim Woman" by Saima Shamsi, Vol. 17
• "Sick Aunt" by Jenna Le, Vol. 17
• "Middle Age" by Eric Machan Howd, Vol. 17
• " Autumn of the Matriarch" by Jack Hopper, Vol. 17

November:

• "Cognitive Testing" by Joanna White, Vol. 16
• "A Bereavement Imperative" (excerpt) by Lucia Gagliese, Vol. 16
• "There is a Risk of Swelling, Bruising, and Tenderness" and " Post Op" by Ray McManus, Vol. 16

October:

• " Letter to the Donor's Family" by K.B. Kincer, Vol. 16
• "Can a Poem Save a Life?" by Miriam Greenspan, Vol. 16
• "Just Now I Thought or Dreamed" by Steve Nickman, Vol. 16
• Sneak Peek inside Volume 17 with Editor Deirdre Neilen; Dearing Award Winners, Jordana Gilman and Ben Casola, read their winning poems
• "Forkgetting" by Robin Talbert, Vol. 16
• "Getting Around Town" by Lucinda Watson, Vol. 16

September:

• " Agricultural Report" by Jason T. Lewis, Vol. 16
• "Visit" by Michael Getty, Vol. 16
• " Toward Hope" by Rick Anthony Furtak, Vol. 16
• "untitled" by Mary Gardner, Vol. 16
• " Mother Seeds" and " Night Poem" by Joyce Holmes McAllister, Vol. 16

August:

• "Van Gogh's Bed" by Norma Wilow, Vol. 16

July:

• "Seclusion" by Valerie Wohlfeld, Vol. 16
• "A Disease of Smallness" and "The Movement of Warmth" by Erik Norbie, Vol. 16
• "On Reading in a Car Service Waiting Room" by Eric v.d. Luft, Vol. 16
• "After Aceh"and "Listen" by Robert W. Daly, Vol. 16
• "I Dream of Genealogy" by Judith Trice, Vol. 16
• "Where Sense Makes Sense" by Jennifer Campbell, Vol. 16

June:

• "Fixing It" by Elizabeth Brulé Farrell, Vol. 16
• "A Place to Lie Back" by Donna Emerson, Vol. 16

May:

• "Parental Lessons: Never Talk to Strangers" by Tori Russell, Vol. 16
• "Single Vision, Double Take" by Kristen Ploetz, Vol. 16
• "Driving Mom" by Kathleen Kramer, Vol. 16
• " Hair" by Deirdre Price, Vol. 16
• "Meaningful Use" by Peter Cronkright, Vol. 16

April:

• "Jigsaw" by Ted Mc Carthy, Vol. 16
• "Prognosis" by Kathleen M. Kelley, Vol. 16
• "Doors to the Pavilion" by Maxine Susman, Vol. 16
• "Slowing" by Marla Coppolino, Vol. 16
• " Sipping Tea" by Donna Emerson, Vol. 16
• "St. Peter's Hospital" by Peter Lamar, Vol. 16
• "Waiting" by V.P. Loggins, Vol. 16
• "Left-Sided Neglect" by James English, Vol. 16

March:

• "Two Boys in the Halfway House" by Mary Arguelles, Vol. 16

February:

• "Taking The Stand" by Ann Sutera Botash, MD, Vol. 16
• "Triptych: 65/75/85" by Pam Freeman, Vol. 16
• "Where the Earth Makes New From Old" and "Twelve-String Guitar" by Katharyn Howd Machan, Vol. 16

January:

• "Offering" by Sarah Kennedy-Vaillant, Vol. 16
• "Killing Time" by Rebekah Keaton, Vol. 16
• "Abundant Shadow" and "Aftermath" by Tish Pearlman, Vol. 16
• "Let Morning Come" and "Hiking Koko" by Gloria Heffernan, Vol. 16

 

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2016

December:

• "The Doctor" by Matthew J. Spireng, Vol. 16
• "Meeting Dr. N " by Claudia M. Reder, Vol. 16
• "Golden Rule" and " Dolly" by Leah Johnson, Vol. 16

October:

• "The Hero" by Emily Weston, Vol. 16
• "Masons for the Muse" and "Instructions at Artist Camp" by Bonnie St. Andrews, Vol. 16
• "She Says /He Says/Emily" by Jordana Gilman, Vol. 16

September:

• "Let's Not Tell Them Everything" by Susan Nathiel , Vol. 15

August:

• "Mapping the Body" by Claudia M. Reder , Vol. 15
• "Mr. Block and Mr. Schmidt" by Lisa Meserole, Vol. 15
• "For My Brother Who Asked Ann Brown to Dance" by K.B. Kincer, Vol. 15

July:

• "Postsurgical Mind or absence thereof" by Mary Gardner, Vol. 15
• "Sick Day" by Suzanne Osborne, Vol. 15
• "Impact" and "Recovery" by Sheila O'Connor , Vol. 15

June: Sneak peek inside our upcoming issue (Volume 16) with Editor Deirdre Neilen; Kaitlin Kyi, Dearing Award Winner, reads her winning poem, " Kind of a Bummer".

March:

• "Leaning Into Pascal" by Lynn Hoggard, Vol. 15
• "Old Grandmother's Anti-Decrepitude Plan" by Zann Carter, Vol. 15
• "Lullaby" by Sara Hughes, Vol. 15

February:

• "Finding Our Routine" by Alisa Anderson, Vol. 15
• "The Hospital" by JR Solonche, Vol. 15
• " Empty Bed" by Alok Sachdeva, Vol. 15

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2015

December:

• "Late November Halycon", "No Idle King", and "The One Thing" by Bruce Bennett, Vol. 15
• "Rainfall and a Darkening Sky" and "Sunflower, An Ode" by Mary Jo Balestreri, Vol. 15
• "The First One Hundred Years" by Jack Hopper, Vol. 15
• "This Time I'm in the Hospital as a Volunteer" by Andrew Schep, Vol. 15
• "The Breath Mirror" by Joanne Clarkson, Vol. 15
• "Something Lovely as the Rain" by Sean Thomas Dougherty, Vol. 15

September

• "Innocence in the Face of Darkness" by Ruth McKay, Vol. 14
• "Ice Storm, Your Last Month" by Curis Harrell, Vol. 14
• "Low T" by VP Loggins, Vol. 14
• "Why I Realized" by Carson Jordan, Vol. 14
• "After Oral Surgery" by Barbara Crooker, Vol. 14

August

• "Still"and "Their Stone" by Kathleen Kramer, Vol. 14
• "Tonette's Casket" by George Drew, Vol. 14
• "Wildflowers," by Nicholas Kriefall, Vol. 14
• "Where Does it Hurt" by Pam Freeman, Vol. 14
• "The Dancer" by Carol Scott-Conner, Vol. 14

July

• "Making Rounds" by Gaetan Sgro, Vol. 14
• "Self Report" by Mary Gardner, Vol. 14
• "The Cough" by Brielle Stanton, Vol 14
• "The First Time Ordering a Wheelchair" by Elizabeth Brulé Farrell, Vol. 14
• "Chasing April's Rivers" by Leah Givens, Vol. 14

June:

• "Crazy Chick Waiting for a Collect Call from the Sundance Kid" by Jill Swenson, Vol. 14
• "How to Endure the Beast Called Grief" by Donna K. Plueger, Vol. 14
• "Winter Drifting" by Paula Schulz, Vol. 14
• "Swindled" and "Cancer Does Not Bring Out the Best in Us" by Rita Ciresi, Vol. 14
• "The Only Thing We've Got" by Lili Flanders, Vol. 14

May:

• "Only Kindness Makes Sense" by Elaine Mansfield, Vol. 14
• "Widow's Weeds" by Janée J. Baugher, Vol. 14
• "That's When I Left the Circus" by Healther Palmer, Vol. 14
• "The Carnival Mirror" by Sara Quayle, Vol. 14
• "Suddenly I Love My Hair" Katy Giebenhain, Vol.14

April:

• "Bittersweet" by Michael Daugherty, Vol. 14
• "Fix" by Eric Machan Howd, Vol. 14
• "Lines" by Gwenn A. Nusbaum, Vol. 14
• "emptying" by Patsy Asuncion, Vol. 14
• "Looney" by Bruce Bennett, Vol. 14

March:

• "Peace by Piece" by Rachel May, Vol. 14
• "My Tattoos" by W.D. Bumsted, Vol. 14
• "When the Doctor's Dad is Dying" by Robert Schwab, Vol. 5
• "The Forging" by Makandiwana Shoniwa, Vol. 14

February:

• "No Need" by Claire Scott, Vol. 14
• "Grandma's Yarns" by Ann Sutera Botash, Vol. 14
• "First Winter" by Joyce Homes McAllister, Vol. 14

January:

• "Consent" by Mark Bauer, Vol. 14
• "Valerie's Secrets" by Julienne Grace Abad, Vol. 14
• "Shred" by Laura Glenn, Vol. 14
• "The Grape Arbor" by Dotty Holcomb Doherty, Vol. 14
• "Breathless" by Philip Berry, Vol. 14
• "The Little Hippocrates Knew" by Michael Salcman, Vol. 14

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2014

December:

• "Resonance" by Dana Curtis, Vol. 14
• "Raising the Sleeping Dead" by Jan Bailey, Vol. 6
• "Beauty" by Katharyn Howd Machan, Vol. 14
• "O Night Divine on the Cancer Unit" by Robin Schoenthaler, Vol. 14
• "Skin" by Lisa Wiley, Vol. 14
• "Men Carrying Purses" by Mary Arguelles, Vol. 14

November:

• "County Hospital Residents" by Abby Caplin, Vol. 14
• "The Home" by Sharon Pretti, Vol. 4
• "Roman Bridges" by Kaitlyn Kyi, Vol. 4
• "Full Disclosure" Veneta Masson, Vol. 14
• "Lab Limbo" by Janis Butler Holm, Vol. 14
• "So Many Masks" by Heather Halberg Yanda, Vol. 6

October:

• Deirdre Nelien reflects on the newest issue of the Muse, Vol. 2014, during an interview on HealthLink On Air
• "Betting on Afternoon Light" by Richard Solly, Vol. 4
• "Once" by Sharon Pretti, Vol. 4
• "Ballast" by Peg Johnston, Vol. 4
• "Your Breast a Unicorn" by Bonnie St. Andrews, Vol. 5
• "The Race" by Kathleen Grieger, Vol. 9

September:

• "First Words," by Jennifer Richter, Vol. 7
• "Last Words" by Benita Rogers and "Visit," by Katie Antony, Vol. 7
• "Sign Language" and "The Hug," by Bruce Bennett, Vols. 6 and 11
• "Anybody Listening?" by Robin Nagowski, Vol. 7
• "Greggy - A Memoir" by Jack Tourin, Vol. 11

August:

• "From the Motel Window," by Amy Haddad, Vol. 11
• "Off-Track Bet" Diane Halsted, Vol. 11
• "Waiting Room" Elizabeth Carey, Vol. 11

July:

• "Poetry and Grace," "Blessings for a Newborn" and "A Certain Solace" by Bruce Bennett, Vol. 13
• "In the Video of Your Heart," and "When You Talk About Making Dinner for Friends" by Lyn Lifshin, Vol. 12
• "Silence Over Coffee" by Angela Giles, Vol. 11
• "Prime of Life Defined" by Susan Huang, Vol. 12

June:

• "Salt" by Beverly Boyd, Vol. 9
• "6 O'Clock, 3 CM from the Nipple" by Adam Possner, Vol. 13
• "Sabbatical" by Rob Jacques, Vol. 13
• "Morning: Propped pm the Sofa" by Liz Whiteacre, Vol. 13
• "Recovery" by Andrea Potos, Vol. 13

May:

• "Depth Perception," by Laura Glenn, Vol. 13
• "For D.R. Sculptor" by Claudia M. Reder, Vol. 13
• "Circus Man" by Gaetan Sgro, Vol. 13
• "Grieving" by Zara Raab, Vol. 13
• "The Kidney" by Cherise Pollard, Vol. 13

April:

• "The Funeral" by Sephora Germain, Vol. 13
• "More than the Sum" by Danielle Wallace, Vol. 13
• "Dementia" by Theresa Wyatt, Vol. 13
• "Treatment of Choice" by Deborah Gang, Vol. 13
• " When I Was Silent" by Jane Seskin, Vol. 13

March:

• "I Hate You, Charlie. I Love You, Charlie" by Emily Klein, Vol. 13
• "Cutting" by Oliver French, Vol. 13
• "Limbo" by Elizabeth Crowell, Vol. 13
• "Road Trip" by Karen Donley-Hayes, Vol. 13
• "Waiting Room" by Joan Cofrancesco, Vol. 13

February

• "Anything" by Judith Montgomery, Vol. 13
• "Connections" by Lisa Baker, Vol. 13
• "Thoughts on a No-Hair Day" and "Why I Pulled my NG Tube at 4 am" by Sarah Gilbert, Vol. 13

January:

• "Personal Questions" by Rosie Garland, Vol. 13
• "On the Way to Seder, My Husband Answers" by Jen Karetnick, Vol. 13
• "Technical Difficulties" by Raven Heroux, Vol. 13

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2013

December:

• "Autism Poem #20: The Knot Garden" by Barbara Crooker, Vol. 4
• "Working Up to Common" by Terry Brix, Vol. 13
• "The Proper Use of Spells" by Luisa Villani, Vol. 13
• "Oncological Cocktails" Bonnie St. Andrews, Vol. 13

November:

• "Future Grandma: Green Is Grief" by Melissa F. Pheterson, Vol. 13
• "Nothing Between Us Now But Love," by Rick Kempa, Vol. 7
• "Waiting for Answers" by Kathleen Grieger, Vol. 6
• "I imagine the poison," by Jennifer Heatley, Vol. 11
• "The Bruising" by Thomas C. Gibbs, Vol. 6

October

• "The Good News" by K.B. Kincer, Vol. 12
• Announcing the 13th edition of The Healing Muse
• "Living with Eugene" by Kaitlin Provost, Vol. 12
• "The Pier" by Edie Cottrell, Vol. 12
• "Who Are You?" by Carole Glasser Langille, Vol. 12

September:

• "Hip Precautions," by Johanna Shapiro, Vol. 9
• "Un-Aged" by Jennifer Lynn Alessi, Vol. 9
• "Tell Me Again," by Sara Burant, Vol. 12
• "Vows" by Monica Burchfiled, Vol. 10
• "Sleeping and Waking" by Daniel Corrie, Vol. 7

August:

• "Doctor Patient" by David C. Manfredi, Vol. 10
• "Gush" by Stacy Nigliazzo, Vol. 10
• "The Lotus of Endurance" by Charlene Langfur, Vol. 10
• "Physicists and Elegies" by Linda Albert, Vol. 10

July:

• "When the Doctor's Dad is Dying," by Robert Schwab, Vol. 5
• "The Other Mothers," by K.B. Kincer, Vol. 8
• "A phone call after midnight" by Nina Bennett, Vol. 11
• "The Country of Illness" by Meryl Natchez, Vol. 9
• "Opening the Summer House" by Bonnie St. Andrews, Vol. 12

June:

• "Etiquette for the Very Ill" Johanna Shapiro, Vol. 11
• "If I Could Help" by Rae Spencer, Vol. 9
• "Kokua" by KH Solomon, Vol. 9

May:

• "Excavating Grief" by Pamela Mitchell, Vol. 9
• "Snow" by Katharyn Howd Machan, Vol. 11
• "Things My Daughter Lost in Hospitals" by Toni Wilkes, Vol. 9

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2012

• December: In this month's interview, Deirdre Neilen talks with Vol. 2012 cover artist Marguerite McDonald about her struggle with Multiple Sclerosis; sho also reads Mary Lou DiPietro's poem, "Acceptance"
• November: Deirdre Neilen shares the latest issue of The Muse. Readings of Valerie Wohlfeld's, "I Made a Vessel," Marylou DiPietro's "Snow on the Brain," and excerpts from Kevin Bray's non-fiction essay, "It's All in My Head"

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2011

• April: Call for visual and graphic art submissions for our 11th issue; readings of "Remission" by Letitia Momirov, and excerpts from Judith Hannan's non-fiction essay,"The Limits of Swallows and Seals."
• January: Readings of poems featured in Volume 10: "Vows" by Monica Burchfield and "Not for Sissys" by Irene D. Hays.

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2010

• November: Celebration of our 10th anniversary issue; remembering founder Bonnie St. Andrews. Featured readings: "Appointment at the Doctor's" by Howard F. Stein and "Why We Must Struggle" by US Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan
• May: Readings of "Needle Stick" by Laurie Dill and "If I Could Help" by Rae Spencer.
• February: Poignant bedside sentiments from The Healing Muse.

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2009

• December: Readings of "Talking Poetry with Medical Students by Lisa Kerr" featured in Vol. 9, and "Accidenta Therapists," a poem by local writer/artist Sallie Naatz Bailey
• November: AIDS-related excerpts from Vol. 9 of The Muse: "Excavating Grief" by Pamela Mitchell and "Kokua" by KH Solomon.
• November: Publication launch of The Muse's 9th annual issue; Deirdre Neilen reads "Hip Precautions" by Johanna Shapiro.
• October: Reflections on Vol. 8; Featured readings: Oliver Rice's "What Do the Physicians Know About This?" and "Diagnosis 1972" by Lisa Roney.
• August: Readings from Vol. 8: "Table, Cat, Tree" by Arlene L. Mendell and "Roman Holiday" by Dellana Diovisalvo.
• July: Deirdre Neilen reads "Happy Accidents" by founder Bonnie St. Andrews and "Beach" by Pamela Ferris-Olson (featured in Vol. 8)
• May: Readings of "The Other Mothers" by KB Kincer and "Faulty Armor" by Upstate medical student, Adam Philip Stern, (both featured in Vol. 8); interview with Adam Philip Stern
• April: Reading of poems relating to survival and courage: "Puzzled" by Kathleen Grieger and "Brief Reprieve" by Katherine Aponick (both featured in Vol. 8)
• March: Excerpts from Volume 8: "I Hope My Nurses Remember Playing Records" by Anya Silver and "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Clinical Experience" by Katherine Leonard