Teacher Stories
The Power of Stories and Early Relationships
March 5, 2021
When 4th grade teacher Miriam Marecek turned down the lights and lit the reading candle, magic happened. Pediatrician and journalist Perri Klass describes what it was like being one of Ms. Marecek's students and the impact it's had on her life and professional career. Now, as national medical director for Reach Out and Read, Dr. Klass, promotes books and reading aloud, together, starting at birth.
Teacher Stories
The Power of Stories and Early Relationships
March 5, 2021
When 4th grade teacher Miriam Marecek turned down the lights and lit the reading candle, magic happened. Pediatrician and journalist Perri Klass describes what it was like being one of Ms. Marecek's students and the impact it's had on her life and professional career. Now, as national medical director for Reach Out and Read, Dr. Klass, promotes books and reading aloud, together, starting at birth.
Teacher Stories
The Power of Stories and Early Relationships
March 5, 2021
When 4th grade teacher Miriam Marecek turned down the lights and lit the reading candle, magic happened. Pediatrician and journalist Perri Klass describes what it was like being one of Ms. Marecek's students and the impact it's had on her life and professional career. Now, as national medical director for Reach Out and Read, Dr. Klass, promotes books and reading aloud, together, starting at birth.
Talk Nerdy
Childhood Vaccines w/ Perri Klass
Feb. 15, 2021
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara Santa Maria is joined by NYU professor of journalism and pediatrics Dr. Perri Klass to talk about her new book, "A Good Time to Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future." They examine the profound impact that medical advancements like vaccines have had on infant mortality and public health. Also discussed: the often-overlooked women and minority practitioners who changed the course of human history.
Letter from Shanghai
The Hudson Review, Spring 2020
Morality Tales: There's more than a bit of soul-searching needed when physicians bring patients' stories out of the clinic and onto the page
Harvard Medicine magazine, Fall 2016
Boredom: Could it be creativity's spark—or a cause for concern?
Harvard Medicine magazine: The Adventure Issue, Spring 2015
Fever Dreams: Childhood classics swathe familial illness, even death, in bravery, good deeds, and occasionally, magic
Harvard Medicine magazine, Fall 2013
How Szechuan peppercorns can help you grow old and bond with your young
The Washington Post, August 14, 2015
Shakespeare as a Life Coach
The Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2014
In Praise of Margery Sharp
The New York Times, April 12, 2018
The Plagiarism Jitters
The New York Times, May 9, 2015
She Wasn’t So Ungrateful After All
The New York Times, May 27, 2014
Distractions May Shift, but Sleep Needs Don’t
The New York Times, March 9, 2009
Making Room for Miss Manners Is a Parenting Basic
The New York Times, January 12, 2009
What to Do When the Patient Says, ‘Please Don’t Tell Mom’
The New York Times, December 8, 2008
If a Baby Has a Fever, Treatment All Depends
The New York Times, November 17, 2008
Saving Tiny Tim: Pediatrics and Childhood Poverty in the United States
The New England Journal of Medicine, June 9, 2016
The Fast Food Fund
The New England Journal of Medicine | 360;3, January 15, 2009
Close Calls
The New England Journal of Medicine | 359;10, September 4, 2008
The Moral of the Story
The New England Journal of Medicine | 358;22, May 29, 2008
Shifting Sands
The New England Journal of Medicine | 352;1, January 6, 2005