The doctor reviewed the MRI scan hoping to find a miracle amidst the darkness spreading from his patient’s prostate gland. Adenocarcinoma. The second round of radiation had been ineffective. His gaze turned to the Voltaire quote that he kept stuck to his desk drawer away from his patients’ eyes. “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing"

Bio:

Born in Angola and raised in Portugal, Paulo da Costa is a writer, editor, and translator living in Canada. Trust the Bluer Skies, his book of creative essays exploring fatherhood, masculine identity, and multicultural parenting, has just been published.