Deirdre Neilen, PhD, shares a selection from Upstate‘s literary journal, “The Healing Muse,” every Sunday on “HealthLink on Air.” Neilen is the editor of the annual publication featuring fiction, poetry, essays and visual art focused on themes of medicine, illness, disability and healing. Read The Healing Muse Cafe Blog.
Deirdre Neilen, PhD: Slavena Salve Nissan is a medical student at Mount Sinai in New York City. Her work has appeared already in Hektoen International and The Pharos. She sent us a poem, "candy store," and it predates the pandemic, but it nicely illustrates the dedication and exhaustion of our front-line workers by describing their very particular candy-counter purchases.
