I ran out to Harry Schwartz bookstore this morning (just as it opened) to pick up the new novel by Stefan Block, The Story of Forgetting, but it’s not due in the store until April 1st – no joke. Block’s book received a great review today in the NYT’s. Block’s novel playfully stretches into the [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Young writers and artists turn to dementia
Posted in art, books, cultural phenom, tagged Away From Her, dementia, early on-set Alzheimer's, sarah polley, Stefan Merrill Block, The Story of Forgetting on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
New short animations on Alzheimer’s
Posted in books, cultural phenom, film, public education, tagged David Shenk, dementia, short films on Alzheimer's, The Forgetting on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There are 4 new short “pocket” films about Alzheimer’s disease out and available for open use. They are made by the team that brought us The Forgetting (the film and book). David Shenk, author of The Forgetting, wrote and directed the pieces. Naomi Boak (exec. producer of the Forgetting), Dr. Steven DeKosky, Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, [...]
The Bad Daughter Gains Insight
Posted in books, tagged alzheimer's, balanced view, Dancing with Rose, dementia, Lauren Kessler on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Lauren Kessler didn’t handle her mother’s dementia very well. Haunted by how things might have been, the writer applied for a job as a care assistant in a nursing home near her home in Oregon. Dancing with Rose: finding life in the land of alzheimer’s is the chronicle of her experiences and deepening understanding of [...]
Presentations (too much travel!)
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I thought I’d share a bit about the presentations I’ll be making in the next couple months. I just got back from giving a talk at Duke University’s Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Conference. Storytelling is a strong tradition in the Carolinas, so I always enjoy giving talks about micro and macro [...]
