On the night table: Andrew McLaren

By: Posted: 3:00 AM CDT Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016

Principal, InterGroup Consultants Most days I only have 20 minutes to read for pleasure so I like essay and short-story collections.

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Principal, InterGroup Consultants Most days I only have 20 minutes to read for pleasure so I like essay and short-story collections.

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Principal, InterGroup Consultants

Most days I only have 20 minutes to read for pleasure so I like essay and short-story collections.

I just started Pulphead, a collection of essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan. He writes about his subjects in a way that conveys his curiousity and intelligence, but is also casual and generous.

The last full-length book I read was Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks about the woman whose cells (“HeLa” cells) were used for research without her consent. I thought the book did a terrific job of connecting the reader to the woman and documenting the long-term effects on her family.

It definitely made me think about how gender, class and race influence how our rights as individuals can be affected during interactions with the medical system and medical research.