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David Z. Hirsch

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David Z Hirsch grew up on the steppes of Nebraska peddling Kool-Aid off I-129 until saving up enough cash for medical school. After graduation, he moved to Pyongyang to teach pre-med classes at Kim Il-sung University. He soon fell out of favor and was imprisoned at Kaechon where he traded medical favors for soup and toilet paper until he made a daring escape across the border.

Dr. Hirsch subsisted for the next three years by foraging gooseberries and licking the dew off spiny toads. This led to a burst of creativity, and he wrote the first draft of Didn’t Get Frazzled on bark peeled off a dying Manchurian Ash tree. Ultimately discovered in a semi-feral state by the China Coast Guard flotilla from Liaoning, Dr. Hirsch returned to the United
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David Z. Hirsch My newest book is JAKE, LUCID DREAMER, a middle grade novel I published under my actual name (so technically not a Hirsch book!) with Kwill Books in 2…moreMy newest book is JAKE, LUCID DREAMER, a middle grade novel I published under my actual name (so technically not a Hirsch book!) with Kwill Books in 2018. While it is for younger readers, I wrote it in a way that I hope adults will also enjoy. Thanks for your interest, Karen! Here is the Goodreads link:
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David Z. Hirsch Hi, Geneva. I get asked this question quite often and am happy to clarify. My book is a novel, not a memoir. Absolutely nothing in this book is true. …moreHi, Geneva. I get asked this question quite often and am happy to clarify. My book is a novel, not a memoir. Absolutely nothing in this book is true. Having said that…
Naturally I cribbed my own experiences in medical school along with those of a few others I know to come up with story ideas. And while I always made sure to deviate from reality far enough to legitimately call this fiction, I felt a strong obligation to get the med school feel as accurate as possible. All the despair and elation, the camaraderie and alienation, the romp through the vile and the ludicrous, is genuine. How I got there tells you more about the whimsical nature of my kooky mind, sure, but the feel is dead-on.
Never for a moment did I consider writing a memoir. I believe fiction is the surest medium to mine the deepest truths. Thanks for your question!(less)
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A medical review of the documentary Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken

Morgan Spurlock’s eagerly awaited sequel to Super Size Me focuses on the nation’s most popular fast food: fried chicken sandwiches. As usual, Spurlock exposes the industry by personally infiltrating this world.

He risked his health in the first documentary. In the second, he risks his wealth. While not quite as dramatic, the result is insightful and entertaining even if

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“Stress and sleep deprivation had a funny way of liberating the mind from previously held truisms, replacing them with a more compliant desperation.”
David Z. Hirsch, Didn't Get Frazzled: humorous medical fiction

“Sometimes we called one another by our future doctor names. We did it partly to be funny, but mostly because we liked it when people did it back to us.”
David Z. Hirsch, Didn't Get Frazzled: humorous medical fiction

“Babies used to make me nervous, but these squirmy things are awesome once you’ve read the manual.”
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“Sometimes we called one another by our future doctor names. We did it partly to be funny, but mostly because we liked it when people did it back to us.”
David Z. Hirsch, Didn't Get Frazzled: humorous medical fiction

“You’re going to love cloud jumping. Very few people die once they get good at it.”
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Stories are the wildest things of all, the monster rumbled. Stories chase and bite and hunt.
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“Richard had long ago made it clear that he viewed medical students as nothing more than an annoyance. Part canker, part pustule, we functioned – were he ever so generous to use that word – as vestigial organs, adding to the team like supernumerary nipples.”
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“Freedom of expression truly exists only when a society’s most repugnant nitwits are allowed to spew their nonsense in public.”
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