Books by Bellevue

Published: August 20, 2007, 6:35 pm

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The NY Sun opens the books on Bellevue Hospital's creative output. That's right, Bellevue has been publishing literature under The Bellevue Literary Review. Perhaps it's about time the 271 year old walls began to talk. Even though the hospital drips darkness, "no tales from the wards have yet appeared in the books." This isn't to say it isn't allowed (they state it isn't encouraged or barred), but the rules of the press seem to prohibit institutional history, health advice and individual accounts of illness. So what's fit to print?"Its first four titles this spring included a novel interweaving themes of sickness and recovery into a 1940s family drama; a collection of editorial cartoons by an accomplished physician-artist, and an experimental nonfiction work that explored the mind-set and meaning of awkwardness. The press plans to release four more books, including another novel, this fall."Publishing insiders diagnosed the move as "possibly unique," and perhaps a first for a

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