Understanding Through Stories: An Introduction to Narrative Medicine Writing Zoom Seminar with Elizabeth Austin on Saturday, November 8th, 2025

Saturday, November 8th, 2025 The class will meet live via Zoom, 2:00PM - 4:00PM Eastern Any questions about this class? Use the Chat Button (lower left) to talk with us. Instructor Elizabeth Austin’s writing has appeared in TIME, Harper’s Bazaar, Narratively, McSweeney’s, Ms. Magazine, Brevity, and The Sun, among others. She is co-editor of the forthcoming anthology, Root Cause: Stories of health, harm, and reclaiming our humanity in an epidemic of loneliness. Elizabeth holds an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with her two children and their many pets. She writes a newsletter about her family’s post-cancer life and is currently finishing her memoir about her struggle with alcoholism during her daughter’s three years in leukemia treatment. This intensive workshop introduces participants to narrative medicine, a practice that uses storytelling and reflective writing to enhance empathy, improve patient care, and process medical experience