Editor Joe Fassler leads a panel of brilliant writers in a discussion expanding the themes of his anthology Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process. Starting with the premise that much of creative writing happens in response to what writers read and love, authors Lev Grossman (The Magicians), Ayana Mathis (The Twelve Tribes of Hattie), and Leslie Jamison (The Empathy Exams) reflect on their struggles and triumphs as creators, their transcendent reading experiences and inspirations, connections between literature and music, the demands of metaphor, and the the essential question of why they write.
