How metaphors and stories are integral to science and healing

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 4:30 a.m.

b'New York\'s Bellevue Hospital is the oldest public hospital in the country, serving patients from all walks of life. It\'s also the home of a literary magazine, the Bellevue Literary Review, which turns 20 this year. Today on the show, NPR\'s arts reporter Neda Ulaby tells Emily how one doctor at Bellevue Hospital decided a literary magazine is essential to both science and healing.

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