Each year, an estimated 100,000 people die from preventable medical errors. In PodLit #8, actress Kathryn Spitz reads Linda Peeno's essay, "Burden of Oath," which describes her work to preserve the humanity of patients caught in a corporatized healthcare system. In her role as lawyer and physcian, she treats the healthcare system itself.

"Burden of Oath" was originally published in Creative Nonfiction issue 21, Rage and Reconciliation: Inspiring a Healthcare Revolution.   Rage and Reconciliation is now available in paperback from Southern Methodist University Press.

For more information about Creative Nonfiction, the journal and the genre, visit www.creativenonfiction.org or e-mail us at information@creativenonfiction.org.

For this PodLit program, Lee Gutkind interviews Jeffrey Lependorf, the Executive Director of CLMP,  (Council of Literary Magazines and
Presses), in Austin, Texas at the Association of Writers and
Writing Programs conference.  In the interview, Jeffrey discusses
the difference between mission driven and bottom-line driven
publishers, as well as the vital role mission driven publishers
play by discovering new writers. 

For more information about Creative Nonfiction, the journal and the genre, visit www.creativenonfiction.org or e-mail us at information@creativenonfiction.org.