pynchon-l-digest V2 #4670

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_Thomas  Lovell Beddoes_ 
(http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lovell_Beddoes)  was a 19th-century physician who wrote Death's  Jest Book, a 
blank-verse drama that remains one of the weirdest pieces of  literature in English. 
DJB is a great read, but Beddoes is probably too obscure  to be of much use in 
a job interview, unless the intention is to change the  subject, as suggested 
by a previous post.
 
William Carlos Williams was a doctor, and his practice is  explicitly 
referenced in a few of his poems, and hovers in the  background of many more.
 
William Burroughs writes a lot about medicine, though from an off-center  
perspective. His lifelong devotion to first-person pharmaceutical  
experimentation gave him a physician's expertise in the human body.
 
Julia Kristeva is a practicing psychiatrist, and much of her writing is  
about the body.
 
Margaret Edson's play _Wit_ 
(http://http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0571198775/qid=1139970906/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-3786302-8668729?s=books&v=glance&
n=283155)  is  about a Donne scholar dying of cancer. Most of the piece is an 
extended  consideration of the relationship between Metaphysical poetry and 
the human  body.
 
_Richard  Selzer_ 
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156004003/qid=1139971141/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-3786302-8668729?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) , a 
surgeon, writes about surgery, internal organs, etc with panache.  A must read.
 
Best wishes to your friend. WHAT KIND OF JOB IS  THIS????
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