[PsychToday] Musical Medicine and TB: A Q&A with author James Markert

I’m a history buff and a music lover . . . so when I first heard about James Markert’s latest novel, A White Wind Blew, I jumped at the opportunity to interview the author! Set in the late 1920s in TB-ridden Louisville, Kentucky, A White Wind Blew follows Wolfgang Pike, a doctor-musician-almost priest, through his journey of healing and self-discovery. Below, the Markert elaborates on the “musical medicine” thread—music therapy was not a formal profession in the 1920s—woven throughout his story. Read more…

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