Click here to read a transcript of this episode

For this week's episode of Rhody Radio, we're bringing you a presentation by Michael Fine, M.D., who joined the Cranston Public Library on January 11, 2022, to read from his newest book, Rhode Island Stories. This collection of short stories provides marvelous insight into some very unique personalities and situations in our home state. You can purchase Rhode Island Stories at Dr. Fine's website - michaelfinemd.com - or request it from your local Ocean State Library.

Thanks for listening! Please rate and review Rhody Radio wherever you get podcasts, and if you enjoyed this episode we’d be honored if you would share it with a friend. Theme music for this episode is Inner City Smiling by John Bartmann. Rhody Radio is proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book and is brought to you by library staff and community members all around the Ocean State.

Michael Fine, M.D. has been an advocate for communities, healthcare reform, and the care of under-served populations worldwide for 40 years. His career as a community organizer and family physician has led him to some of the poorest places in the United States, as well as dangerous, war-ravaged communities in developing countries. His experiences across the globe have enabled him to craft numerous short stories, novels and healthcare policy books about how we can change the world by empowering, caring for, and educating one another.

“Literature and imagination can build a better world. Imagination can help us see one another and envision what we can do together when we stop fighting and start dreaming,” says Fine. “I don’t think I know anything that other people haven't known for years. I just think of myself as a man who is too stubborn to accept the world as it is, and too pigheaded to accept no for an answer when someone asks if there is a better way."