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Podcast: Michael Downs on His Debut Novel

Podcast: Michael Downs on His Debut Novel

The story of the doctor who discovered painless surgery was possible. LISTEN to Michael Downs discuss his new novel, The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist, on Baltimore’s NPR news station.

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An Interview with Michael Downs

An Interview with Michael Downs

What’s it like to be haunted by a historical figure? To have the past become your present? To ponder pain for a decade? Learn this and more in Michael Downs’s terrific first INTERVIEW regarding THE STRANGE AND TRUE TALE OF HORACE WELLS, SURGEON DENTIST: A...

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The Calomel Question

Nicola Mason: Decades ago I went into publishing, not just because I love literature, but because I love copyediting. There’s a special pleasure in immersing myself in a writer’s style and syntax, the world of their story, essay, poem, or novel. My enjoyment is...

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