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Listening Together: Celebrating the Voices of Our 2025 Publications

We’re happy to share that the full recording of our poetry reading, Listening Together: Celebrating the Voices of Our 2025 Publications, is now available to watch! Special thanks to Paul Adams, who edited the recording of this event and helped us bring it to YouTube so these stories can continue to be shared!

Six Listener Poets read from our 2025 publications – each poem reflecting a real conversation. Together, we celebrated the stories of clinicians, patients, support staff, and residents whose voices guide our mission.

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Meet the Listener Poets

Team

Gray Davidson Carroll

Gray Davidson Carroll is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 7 alum, and a white, transfemme writer, dancer, singer, cold water plunger and (self-proclaimed) hot chocolate alchemist hailing from Brooklyn by way of western Massachusetts and other strange and forgotten places.

Julia McDonald

Julia McDonald (She/They) is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 9 alum, and a Maine-based physician, writer, and international humanitarian. McDonald’s writing has appeared in mainstream news media as advocacy for patients and commentary on the intersection of politics and medicine.

Leigh Finnegan-Hosey

Leigh Finnegan-Hosey is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 9 alum and spiritual care provider with experience working in both higher education and health care settings. She currently serves as the pediatric and reproductive health chaplain for a large academic medical center.

Sibihan Lawrence

Sibihan Lawrence is a London-born Performance poet, Certified Listener Poet Cohort 9 alum, Theatre maker, Arts Education Specialist, Storyteller. And a dismantler of master-narratives.

Sophie L. Schott

Sophie L. Schott is a medical student, researcher, and writer based in Houston, Texas. She is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 11 alum. Her scholarly work bridges clinical education and advocacy, aiming to strengthen medical training through inclusive, justice-oriented curricula.

Yvette Perry

Yvette Perry is part of the co-founding team of Listener Poets and serves as Health Equity Programs Lead. She is a lover of music and books, an amateur photographer, a collector of antique typewriters, and one fourth of a Marvel Cinematic Universe household that includes her husband and twin daughters.

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Ravenna Raven

Ravenna Raven is part of the co-founding team of Listener Poets and serves as Education and Publications Lead. Early childhood experiences with first responders, surgeons, and hospice nurses propelled her toward writing as a practice for healing and making meaningful connections with others.

Explore Our Anthologies

Anthologies

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Why Poetry Matters in Healthcare: A Neurologist’s Perspective

Stories from Residents and Fellows for the KNN, Vol. 2

Amplifying Voices of Black Women Physicians in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Programs

Hysteriography by Julia McDonald

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Our Why: Stories from the American Cancer Society’s Patient Support Team

Say Her Name: Honoring Henrietta Lacks' Legacy and Impact on Medicine and Research Ethics

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Each anthology represents countless conversations between Listener Poets and the people they met in healthcare communities — moments of story, memory, and meaning transformed into poems.

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