Poems in Practice: Poetry Reading/Talk with Dr. Ron Charach:

Toronto psychiatrist, poet and essayist, Ron Charach, will read selections from his published poems. He will discuss how reading and writing literature can enrich medical practice, as well as enhance the well-being of both patients and their doctors. The audience will be invited to share their responses to poems and to participate in the discussion. This presentation will be of interest to anyone interested in literature’s significant place in mental, physical and emotional health. Light refreshments will be provided. Free and open to all. Arts & Humanities in Healthcare Journal Group AND Arts & Humanities for Health & Wellbeing Research Group are pleased to co-present this event. More information: Tom.Rosenal@albertahealthservices.ca maboyd@ucalgary.ca Funded by The Writers Union of Canada and the Faculty of Arts.

Location:

O’Brien Centre – Room O1506 – Health Sciences Campus

Speaker:

Winnipeg-born Ron Charach is the author of nine books of poetry. His work is widely published in national and international journals and anthologies of writing by doctors about their craft. He was contributing editor of The Naked Physician, the sole anthology of poetry by Canadian medical practitioners. A practicing psychiatrist now residing in Toronto, Charach combines a physician’s candid eye for the foibles and betrayals of the body with a psychiatrist’s compassion for the suffering of the mind. He creates poems around the memorable image, the anecdote that, on the surface, seems to say little, yet opens to reveal a great deal about the human condition. Ron’s humanistic convictions also find voice in the letters pages of Canadian and American newspapers. Essays that define and elaborate on his liberal humanist views are found in his 2009 collection, Cowboys and Bleeding Hearts.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/poems-practice-poetry-readingtalk-dr-ron-charach