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Hey Cristin, it's you, Cristin! It feels weird there being no questions. Do you if I ask you a question just so there is one question? And maybe it will encourage other people to ask questions?

Oh man, Cristin. ABSOLUTELY. Ask away! What's your question?

Okay, here's my question: if some one wanted to get a sense of what this book is like so they COULD ask you questions about it, are there any excerpts available online they could read?

Great question, Cristin! And the answer is YES! I was hoping someone would ask that, so it's like YOU READ MY MIND!

Here are four excerpts from the book:

Here is an excerpt about a cleft palate surgery Mütter performed on a patient while he was still awake:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/dr-mutter-surgery-was-dangerous-and-horrifically-painful-ordeal-180952580/?no-ist

Here is an excerpt about 19th century discover of anesthesia that was published in THE ATLANTIC: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/dr-mutters-marvels/378688/

Here is a excerpt about Mütter's earliest introductions to the burgeoning field of plastic surgery which ran on BoingBoing: http://boingboing.net/2014/09/04/dr-mutters-marvels-intrig.html

And here's an excerpt about insane mid-19th century Philadelphia was which ran on io9: http://io9.com/a-grisly-but-fascinating-tale-of-the-greatest-medical-r-1631123214

Hi Andrea! It's Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz here! I am so proud of you, as is the whole Write Bloody family! Thank you for all the incredible work that you do -- both a poet & a public figure! It is so necessary and so so deeply appreciated. THANK YOU!

My question is this: I am sure you do Q&As like this all the time at yours shoes, and get asked similar line-up of questions (as everyone public figure does!); what are some questions you WISH people would ask you, but never do?

(NOTE: Please don't feel like you have to ANSWER the questions!)