Emily Ferrara
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Emily Ferrara above the Robert Frost path in Vermont.
Essay on Mindful Living Guide, September 2007.
Interview on Mindful Living Guide, October, 2007: Emily Ferrara on Illness, Suffering, and Death, and on Transformation and Healing through Mindfulness and Writing
Copyright 2007, 2008
Books & Book Chapters
The Alchemy of Grief (Alchimia del Dolore), by Emily Ferrara (full-length poetry collection, English & Italian) Bordighera Press, NY, publication: November 2007 (2006 Bordighera Poetry Prize winner)
The Saving Grace of Vulnerability: Fostering Reflective Practice in Medical Students through Creative Writing, by Emily Ferrara (book chapter) in: Byers, J. & Forinash M. (2003) Educators, Therapists and Artists on Reflective Practice. N.Y. Lesley/Lang Series Publishers.
Selected Poetry Publications
"Encounter with My Ophthalmologist", "Wabi-Sabi", "In the Land of Ogham", "Venice Birth" Superstition Review, University of Arizona's online literary magazine, Winter 2010 (poems at this link.)
"Making Lasagna" in The Poet's Cookbook: Recipes from Tuscany, (Editors: Grace Cavalieri & Sabine Pascarelli) Bordighera Press, NY, publication: November 2009.
“The Cure” in Birthed From Scorched Hearts: Women Respond to War, (Editor: Marijo Moore), Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, CO, December 2008.
Bad News in the ER”, UU World, 2008; Family Medicine, 2005.
Featured Poet, VIA (Voices in Italian Americana), 2007
“The Difference”, Lumina, Sarah Lawrence College's literary journal, April 2007.
“The Winter After”, The Worcester Review, XXVII, December 2006
“The Highest Places”, Rough Places Plain: Poems of the Mountains, (Editor: Margot Wizansky), Salt Marsh Pottery Press, 2005
“Poem for Jack Spicer", Deadbeat Poet”, Full Circle, 2003
“Frogs”, Lifeboat: A Journal of Memoir, 2003
“Third Tail” Lynx Eye, Winter 1999, VI (1) 51
Charlton Poets & Friends II, 18 poems appeared in anthology, 1991
Charlton Poets & Friends, 8 poems included in anthology, 1990
Selected Publications on
Creative Writing
Ferrara E. The Saving Grace of Vulnerability: Fostering Reflective Practice in Medical Students through Creative Writing, (book chapter) in: Byers, J. & Forinash M. (2003) Educators, Therapists and Artists on Reflective Practice. N.Y. Lesley/Lang Series Publishers.
Hatem D, Ferrara E. Becoming a doctor: fostering humane caregivers through creative writing. Patient Education and Counseling. 45(2001)13-22.
Ferrara E. The Role of Creative Writing in Medical Education. Worcester Medicine, Fall 2004
Ferrara E. Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare. Worcester Medicine, 2006
Selected Presentations on Creative Writing
Ferrara E., Bandman C. Writing is Good Medicine and The Alchemy of Grief: Catalysts for Meaning in Illness, The Examined Life: Writing and the Art of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, April 24-25, 2007.
Ferrara E. Transformational Writing and the Professional Development of Medical Students. Narrative Medicine Rounds, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, NY, NY, November 6, 2003.
Ferrara E, Hatem D. Supporting Professional Identity Development: Creative Writing as Reflective Practice in Medicine (poster). International Conference on Health & Communication, Barcelona, September 2000.
Teaching & Workshops
The Alchemy of Reflective Writing and Mindfulness Workshop, Kairos Spiritual Life Center, 2008
Creative Writing Course (Elective Course for 2nd year medical students), UMass Medical School, 1997-Present
Mindfulness Meditation & Reflective Writing Workshops (for student & faculty groups), UMass Medical School, 2006-Present
Medical Creative Writing Workshop (for medicine and psychiatry residents), Cambridge Health Alliance, 2005
True Voices: Creative Writing Workshop for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth, presented at Children from the Shadows IX Conference, University of Hartford, CT, 2002