S3 Ep. 20: Aiming to Heal When There Is No Cure: Daniela Lamas and C. Dale Young on Doctoring and Our Pandemic Future

In this episode, acclaimed author and pulmonary and critical care specialist Daniela Lamas and celebrated poet and radiation oncologist C. Dale Young join Fiction/Non/Fiction co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the sustained trauma the COVID-19 pandemic has already inflicted, as well as what is to come. Lamas reflects on providing end of life care to coronavirus patients, and reads from a New York Times piece about the varied difficulties some survivors face on long journeys to recovery. Young reads from The Affliction: A Novel in Stories, as well as his recent poem “Adrenaline,” in which he describes wanting relief from being on constant alert; he also talks about watching Americans fail to consider the public good. To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. And check out video excerpts from our interviews at LitHub’s Virtual Book Channel and Fiction/Non/Fiction’s YouTube Channel. This podcast is produced by Andrea Tudhope.  Guests: Daniela Lamas C. Dale Young Selected readings for the episode: Daniela Lamas You Can Stop Humming Now What If We Have to Decide Who Gets a Ventilator? In the I.C.U., Before the Coronavirus Storm I’m on the Front Lines. I Have No Plans for This.  What if I Need to Go on a Ventilator? They Survived Covid-19. Now They Need to Learn to Walk Again.  To My Patients’ Family Members, My Apologies The Country Is Reopening. My Patients Are Still Suffering.  I’m a Critical Care Doctor. I’m Tired, I’m Mourning, I’m Bracing for More.  What Have We Learned About Reopening C. Dale Young “Adrenaline”  The Affliction: A Novel in Stories “Between Men” The Halo The Torn The Second Person The Day Underneath the Day Others:  Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo “The Resident” - Television series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices