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Mary Pan

Mary Pan is a writer and physician with a background in global health and narrative medicine. Her work has been published in multiple journals and anthologies. She is a Tin House 2020 Nonfiction Winter Workshop alum and a Media & Medicine fellow at Harvard Medical School. She teaches narrative medicine writing workshops and facilitates a Literature & Medicine program for medical professionals. She is currently working on a book exploring mental illness and identity. More at marypanwriter.com.