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Thomas Larson

About

Journalist, critic, and memoirist Thomas Larson is the author of three books: The Sanctuary of Illness: A Memoir of Heart Disease, The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” and The Memoir and the Memoirist: Reading and Writing Personal Narrative. He is a staff writer for the San Diego Reader. He teaches in the MFA Program at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio. He lectures on his heart disease and holds writing workshops for medical professionals and patients throughout the United States.

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Recent Posts
Women Caretaking Men Part 1

Women who take care of men with heart disease, especially when men don't want to take care of themselves, suffer just as much. In this and next month's post, Thomas Larson looks at how couples do and don't endure heart attacks together.

Women who take care of men with heart disease, especially when men don't want to take care of themselves, suffer just as much. In this and next month's post, Thomas Larson looks at how couples do and don't endure heart attacks together.

Inextinguishably Alive

A typical human heart, in twenty-first century America, accrues 1.5 billion heartbeats. How do I think about this number, imagine its totality?

A typical human heart, in twenty-first century America, accrues 1.5 billion heartbeats. How do I think about this number, imagine its totality?

Cuddling with Mamie

In September 1955, several months before he had to decide on a second term, President Dwight Eisenhower had a midnight heart attack. How did he survive?

In September 1955, several months before he had to decide on a second term, President Dwight Eisenhower had a midnight heart attack. How did he survive?