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Aspergers, Autism, and Neurodiversity (The Modern Real and Surreal)

Three authors will read from their books exploring the challenges and gifts of Asperger's and autism. We'll hear from two memoirists - one whose son was born with autism, and one describing his search to overcome his own Asperger's syndrome - and a young adult/children's novelist who writes about young people with disabilities and neurodiverse minds.  

  • John Elder Robison, author, Switched On
  • Cammie McGovern, novelist, A Step Toward Falling
  • Patricia Stacey, author, The Boy Who Loved Windows

Where the Real and the Surreal Meet

The Modern Real and Surreal: Writers and Artists on Our Age, is the Forbes Library’s author reading series. Now in its third season, the series explores contemporary themes on the premise that libraries offer vibrant spaces to engage with and explore our era’s most pressing questions – questions that in their surprises and contradictions can be understood through either a realistic lens or through fantasy, science fiction and the surreal. The series invites the community to join us in examining how story and art can provide empathy and insight in our accelerating world.

The series features writers in genres ranging from fiction to nonfiction to poetry. The role of the image in conveying literary themes will be explored, too, in events on comics & graphic novels, film and screenwriting, and nature word-and-image pairings. Current issues from our political and social milieu will also form an important backbone as these authors share from their fine work.

Date:
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Show more dates
Time:
7:00pm - 8:45pm
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Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Coolidge Museum
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