Tag Archive

Meryl Broughton

Matters of the Heart

Matters of the Heart

Meryl Broughton, Science Write Now, June 2021

How do I feel when I hold a person's heart in my hands? I've only ever done this when they have finished using it, when it is quiet and still. I expect the experience is different for those doctors who handle active hearts.

Read more

The Circular is a project of The Sydney Review of Books. We’re supported by the Australia Council’s Sector Recovery Initiative fund.

We send a weekly newsletter featuring the most interesting, useful and surprising recent non-fiction published by and about Australian writers.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work, the Burramattagal people of the Darug nation, and pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded, and the struggles for justice are ongoing. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands this digital platform reaches.