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The 2023 wormhole
& the helpfulness of writing
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Vidya B. Viswanathan
Retreating forward
How I learned to stop worrying and love writing again (just kidding, I still worry)
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Vidya B. Viswanathan
Calling all moms
The day after Mother’s Day I was driving my kids to school, and my daughter said she wanted to talk to Ammamma on the phone.
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Rejection as a Writer
Submittable, Spreadsheets, and the pursuit of Good Writing
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Vidya B. Viswanathan
A day for mothers
Thinking of my identity, my mom, my kids, my patients, and a political reckoning
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33 things I love
In honor of this palindrome birthday, in no particular order
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What does it mean to take a break?
A naptime rumination, and a little fiction to start off 2023
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Love in the Time of Clerkship Year
A 2019 throwback, for Valentine's Day
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Signing out
a reflection on Severance and residency
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Up to Date
It’s been a busy few weeks on inpatient services, and I haven’t gotten to sit and write for a while.
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Procrastinating on the new with the old, and so on
Or, a very erratic writing process
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Oh no, I just realized I have to title these
titles are the worst
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Vidya B. Viswanathan
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