The Ph.D. Program in History

at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

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11/12 – Lawrence Weschler on Oliver Sacks: In Conversation with Laura J. Snyder and Kai Bird


Lawrence Weschler’s And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? is a biographical memoir of his 35-year friendship with the late neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks. Upon its publication, Weschler joins in a discussion about “the poet laureate of medicine” (The New York Times) with Laura J. Snyder (author of Eye of the Beholder), who, as the first Sloan/Levy Fellow, is working on a biography of Sacks, and Kai Bird, executive director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography. Weschler’s many books include Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder.

Reserve here.

Tue, November 12, 2019

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST

Elebash Recital Hall

Presented by the Leon Levy Center for Biography.