Spencer Nadler, M.D., has practiced surgical pathology for more than twenty-five years in Southern California. His essays have appeared in Harper's, The Massachusetts Review, Cross Currents, The Missouri Review, The American Scholar, and Reader's Digest. The Language of Cells is his first book.
“Sensitive, often charming, always informative. . . . Moments of
poignant realization abound.” –The Los Angeles Times
“Dr. Nadler’s book is rich with the revelation of self-discovery,
with lessons learned through the microscope, with eloquent
observations of how human life ‘must transcend the lives of its
cells.’” –The New York Times
“Nadler’s essays glow with intelligence and sympathy.” –San José
Mercury News
“Nadler takes medical narrative to a whole different level, both in
his wonderful prose and in his focus on the story playing out under
the lens of the microscope.” –Abraham Verghese
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