Saturday, March 29 from 10:35am-11:50am PT

AWP Conference 2025

Room 402AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center

Our bodies hold influence over the way we write, what we write, and how we physically come to the page. While writing into illness and disability is often an act of liberation, it also raises difficult questions. How do we truthfully represent such personal experiences? How do we reclaim a narrative of illness steeped in erasure? How does writing about our bodies shape our relationship with them? In this panel, five writers discuss navigating the intersections of creativity, illness, and life.

Join Kati alongside moderator Andrew Romriell and panelists Lars Horn, Patrick Milian, and Elissa Washuta for an illuminating conversation about the craft of nonfiction illness writing.