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Evanescent

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Abstract

Evanescent: A Journal of Literary Medicine is the journal of the Eakins Writing Project, which also sponsors the Drs. Theresa and Charles Yeo Writing Prize. The Eakins Writing Project is supported by the Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention, located in the Department of Surgery of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.

Contents:

10 - From the Editors

11 - Basketball: Youth to Older by Dr. Charles Yeo

13 - A Follow-up from the Editors

14 - Prism by Yazan Bader (Third Place Winner)

17 - Reflections on Shards of Glass by Ana Maria Lopez

19 - The Dragonfly’s Journey by Anderson Ng

20 - Legacy (The Creation Reimagined) by Sandra Yang

21 - Searching for Answers While Mustard Seeds Dance by Sujata Meswati

23 - For Maggie: Grief and Remembrance, on the Loss of Your Mother by Celeste Montgomery

25 - The Sacred Measure of Seven: An Aging Meditation by Pamela Talero Cabrejo (Third Place Winner)

28 - Future Unknown by Dolores Bartholomew

29 - Mother Instinct by Julianna Fomenko (Honorable Mention)

32 - Dancing with RA by Maritza Rivera

34 - A Picture of Valerie by Phil Skiba

39 - Transience by Nicholas M. Wang

40 - Roots of Resilience by Krupa Patel

41 - Advance Directive by Meera Gupta

42 - Refined Sugar by Blake Weill

43 - Becoming Me, Becoming My Own by Sunny Friend

46 - 2 out of 3 by Xiao Chi Zhang (Honorable Mention)

49 - Taking Flight by Allison Chang (Honorable Mention)

52 - Three Fish by David Nash

53 - What My Mom Taught Me by Pandy Ali Kahl

55 - She Marched By Irisa Gold

59 - Training by Nilanjan Haldar

61 - M by Gerry Isenberg (Honorable Mention)

62 - Revisiting the Clinic by Madison Woods

63 - Nanaji and Naniji by Silvi Saxena

64 - The Shape of My Father’s Hands by Eric Teichner (Honorable Mention)

66 - We Are Not Forgotten by Rishi Kapoor (First Place Winner)

70 - Images from Identity Crisis by Dolores Bartholomew

74 - Perspective by Tali Segal

77 - 2020 Vision by James Dyksen (Second Place Winner)

82 - Gel by Anonymous 83 - An Unlikely Gift by Denise Diaz

85 - Thank You, Sid: A Journey of Friendship and Farewell by Daniel Dashko

87 - The Hands That Raised Me by Emily Custer

89 - Bulbs by Madelynne Brynne Reilly

90 - Blue Stuffed Bears: Knitting Our Lives and Legacies by Carolena Muno

92 - Saudade by Amala Shaju

94 - All That is Lost, and What Remains by Beverly Ng

98 - Threads of Time and Care by Edoardo Manca

99 - Purple Flowers For My Daughter by David Nash

100 - Growing Learning Aging by Lenore Taylor

103 - Under the Mango Tree by Sonali Persaud

105 - 6 Poems: Reflections on Mortality by Delaney

107 - Great Mass of Color: Reflections on Memory, Loss, and Growth by Wenchao Cao

111 - The Study Break by Madison Woods

112 - On a Spinach Leaf, Engineers Grow Enough of a Heart to Beat by Mariel Murray

113 - Nostalgia’s Echoes by Kaylin Dixon

115 - Celebrating 80-ation by Ron Kanter (Honorable Mention)

117 - In Living Color: The Art of Aging with Dignity by Dayna Hovern

119 - Eagle by Tom Schoonmaker

120 - Thank You to Our Writing Prize Selection Committee

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