March Narrative Medicine Rounds with Rachel Aviv

"Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us" a talk with Rachel Aviv, New Yorker staff writer and author. 

Named one of The New York Times' ten best books of the year, this "intimate and revelatory" book explores the stories of a handful of people, including Aviv herself, with complicated histories involving psychiatric illnesses. In her characteristic understated and nuances style, according to The New York Times, Aviv 'recognizes the multiplicity of stories that attach to her subjects' experiences, exploring a variety of interpretations instead of jumping at the impulse to explain them away." Aviv was a recipient of the Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant for "Strangers to Ourselves."  

Aviv joined the The New Yorker staff in 2013. She has written for the magazine about a range of subjects, including medical ethics, psychiatry, criminal justice, and education. Aviv will speak to us about her book and about the conversations that ihas begun. This event will be supported by live captioning.