Seven Doctors Project presents readings today

Lydia Kang, M.D.

Seven Doctors Project IX will present a reading by its current participants and faculty at 7 p.m. tonight at Slowdown, 729 N. 14th Street in Omaha.

Lydia Kang, M.D., a longtime member of Seven Doctors Project, first as a participant and then faculty member, also will present. Kang’s young-adult science fiction novel “Control” (Dial/Penguin) was released in December. The novel, set in a bleak, future society, will be available at the reading, and Dr. Kang will sign copies.

Other med center readers at the event include:

• Matt Smith
• Sean Duffy
• Evelyn Katz

The Seven Doctors Project is a creative writing workshop led by area writers and designed for physicians, health care workers and community members. It was formed by author and teacher Steve Langan at UNMC in 2008. During the event, Seven Doctors Project IX members will present poems, stories and essays they composed during the recent 10-week session.

The reading also serves as a fundraiser for Seven Doctors Project. In addition to brief readings from the 13 members of Seven Doctors Project, there will be a guest musician.

Seven Doctors Project is currently a program under the Nebraska Writers Collective, a 501(c)(3). More than 100 participants, 30 of whom are area physicians, have participated in 7DP during the last five years.

For more information, contact Langan, director of Seven Doctors Project, at 402-659-6343.