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Anne Fadiman

Anne Fadiman is the editor of The American Scholar and the author of two books of nonfiction, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down and Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader. Her essays and articles have appeared in Harper's Magazine, The New Yorker, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, among other publications.

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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

Small but perfectly formed

by Frank C, May 10, 2012

Though the 'familiar essay' as practised by Lamb and Hazlitt is possibly in its death-throes, Anne Fadiman sees it as her mission to rescue the genre from total extinction - and she does so with ... read more
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

Outstanding read

by Lindagram, Nov 10, 2011

Fascinating read on how complex cross-cultural care is and the efforts that some trauma folks make in the heat of the moment. I bought this book for my pre-med friends. read more
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

by Mary Lee A, Oct 13, 2011

Very interesting descriptions of the difficulties presented by cultural differences in a medical setting. More appropriate for those entering/in the medical professions. read more

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