MARK MATOUSEK
Friday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m.
--THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED--

Most known for his two memoirs, The Boy He Left Behind and Sex Death Enlightenment, Mark Matousek, who's here with his new book, When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living (Bloomsbury), looks at people who have endured some of life's hardest tests—and explores what they have drawn upon in order to survive, and even derive meaning and insight. "Memoirist and editor Matousek attempts to dissect the relationship between life's harshest tests and the gift of self-discovery and survival in this absorbing compendium of anecdotes. The author, who has AIDS, interviews many survivors of trauma and loss, including writer Joan Didion, mystic Andrew Harvey, poet Stanley Kunitz and Tibetan nun Nawang Sangdrol, among others, to inquire how deepest crisis forces us to re-examine our lives and move forward ... Using scientific data, psychological research and his own life experiences, he uncovers the essentials of enduring against all odds ... Matousek shows an uncanny skill for merging spirituality, science and common sense into practical answers for surviving our own lives." - Publishers Weekly.

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