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Therapy and poetry have more in common than you think: article by Owen Lewis on Stat
As a poet and a psychiatrist/therapist, I exist in both practices, and the worlds of each enrich the other. Each speaks with abandon, and each interrogates the other, and there are many ways in which each discipline supports the other, some obvious, some not so obvious.
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Times of Israel: Columbia med school professor and poet reflects on October 7 grief
In ‘A Prayer of Six Wings,’ psychiatrist Owen Lewis grapples with the traumas of the Hamas atrocities. March 16, 2025. Article by Jessica Steinberg.
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LA Times Op Ed: How can Israelis and Palestinians make peace? Reading each other’s poetry is a good start
In this Op Ed, Owen Lewis asks: can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten a peaceful resolution? Perhaps, but only if poets and readers can slip behind enemy lines, or if the poetry of the “enemy” can cross those lines.