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How to Tell When We Will Die: Book Launch and Conversation with Johanna Hedva and Zefyr Lisowski
Thursday 25th September, 19:00
CARA, 225 W13th St. New York, NY 10011Join us on Thursday, September 25 at 7pm to celebrate the New York launch of Johanna Hedva’s essay collection How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom (Hillman Grad Books, 2024). Hedva will read from the collection and come together in conversation with Zefyr Lisowski.
How to Tell When We Will Die expands upon Hedva’s paradigm-shifting perspective in a series of slyly subversive and razor-sharp essays that range from the theoretical to the personal—from Deborah Levy and Susan Sontag to wrestling, kink, mysticism, death, and the color yellow. Drawing from their experiences with America’s byzantine healthcare system, and considering archetypes they call The Psychotic Woman, The Freak, and The Hag in Charge, Hedva offers a bracing indictment of the politics that exploit sickness—relying on and fueling ableism—to the detriment of us all.
Kindly note that RSVPs are required, and all attendees must be masked. Masks and ASL interpretation will be provided. RSVPs do not guarantee entry. Admission is on a first come, first served basis (even for those who have registered) and will be limited to the capacity of the venue.
How to Tell When We Will Die expands upon Hedva’s paradigm-shifting perspective in a series of slyly subversive and razor-sharp essays that range from the theoretical to the personal—from Deborah Levy and Susan Sontag to wrestling, kink, mysticism, death, and the color yellow. Drawing from their experiences with America’s byzantine healthcare system, and considering archetypes they call The Psychotic Woman, The Freak, and The Hag in Charge, Hedva offers a bracing indictment of the politics that exploit sickness—relying on and fueling ableism—to the detriment of us all.
Kindly note that RSVPs are required, and all attendees must be masked. Masks and ASL interpretation will be provided. RSVPs do not guarantee entry. Admission is on a first come, first served basis (even for those who have registered) and will be limited to the capacity of the venue.
Johanna Hedva, Photo: Ian Byers-Gamber; Zefyr Lisowski, Photo: Golden