In a powerful message to the young in the audience exhorting them to read, Dr. Verghese said, “There is no way you can ...

Bio: Abraham Verghese is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of the NBCC Award finalist “My Own Country” and the New York Times Notable Book “The Tennis Partner.” ...

Physician and author Abraham Verghese often says that ... So that story became my first book, My Own Country (1994). I thought I was telling the story of the small town and HIV, but inevitably ...