Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe

A biography of medical innovator Thomas D. M?tter, a Philadelphia plastic surgeon of the nineteenth century who pioneered the use of ether and the sterilization of surgical tools, and who left behind a collection of medical oddities that are today housed in the M?tter Museum.

A history of the New York City Poetry Slam, a performance poetry competition in which participants recite their own, original work before a panel of five judges selected randomly from the audience, discussing its origins in the 1980s, and following the movement's development over the course of twenty years.