"The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memoried glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past."
Mary Webb, British author. Precious Bane, foreword
The Examined Life: Writing and the Art of Medicine
April 28 to 30, 2010
Archive of Past Meetings
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April, 2009
Hear John Rapson's plenary session, "The Music, Art and Ethics of Suffering." (mp3, 55 MB)
Hear Fady Joudah's featured presentation, "Holding Power: Between Pen and Scalpel." (mp3, 48 MB)
Hear Susanne Poirier's plenary session, "Doctors in the Making: Memoirs and Medical Education." (mp3, 67 MB)
Hear Marilynne Robinson's featured presentation, "Fiction and the Examined Life." (mp3, 50 MB)
Hear Danielle Ofri's featured presentation, "For Whom Do We Write?" (mp3, 50 MB)
Hear Stephen Kuusisto's plenary session, "Healing or Not, Here WE Come: Creative Writing and Disability." (mp3, 62 MB)
April, 2008
Read a wrap-up of the 2008 conference at Med Ed Update
See Marvin Bell's featured presentation, "Dark Matter and Sticky Stuff."
See S. L. Wisenberg's featured presentation, "The World According to Cancer Bitch."
April, 2007
See Dr. David Watts' opening keynote presentation, "Some Things Writing can Do For Medicine."
See Maggie Conroy's keynote presentation, "Sailing into Iowa: A Dramatic Reading."
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