Rafael Campo teaches and practices medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. His most recent books include Diva (Duke, 2000), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Landscape with Human Figure (Duke, 2002), winner of the Gold Medal from ForeWord magazine; and The Healing Art (Norton, 2003). His website is www.rafaelcampo.com.

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