A Letter from Leslie Epstein, Director, Boston University Creative Writing Program,
  author of KING OF THE JEWS and SAN REMO DRIVE  
                       
                       
                      With simple, elegant language, Samuel Shem captures 'The Spirit of the Place'    
                      By Laura Marshall, Special to The Berkshire Eagle
                        
                    
WBZ News Radio's Jordan Rich and Friends: The Spirit of the Place   
                    
Chronogram Magazine August 2008: Q and A with Stephen Bergman  
                    
Join the The Spirit of the Place  Book Club Discussion 
                      at Barnes & Noble.com   
                    
A Note to Readers   
                     
                     
                    This note is from "Resistance and Healing," in Return to the House of God 1978-2008, edited by Martin Kohn and Carol Donley, forthcoming from Kent State University Press, 2008.  
                    
Visit The BILL W. AND DR. BOB Website  
                      This is the official website for the Off Broadway production of the Stephen Bergman  
                          and Janet Surrey play.
                      Listen to an audio piece by Stephen Bergman for The New York Times 
                      Stephen Bergman talks about the story of AA and the inspiration for the play, BILL W. AND DR.BOB. 
                      Watch a video interview with Stephen Berman and Janet Surrey, co-authors of BILL W. AND DR. BOB.