"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

Archive of Past Meetings

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April, 2008

Read a wrap-up of the 2008 conference at Med Ed Update

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."

Full 2007 program


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