This event is in the past.It took place on January 29, 2026 at Literati Bookstore.
Literature Talk
Literature TalkYale Prize-winning essayist Jonathan Gleason uses his work as a medical interpreter to explore how race, history, and state violence shape the way we treat illness and each other.
Yale Nonfiction Prize winner
Medical humanities
Essay collection launch
Tips
📖"illness is also a way of knowing" (Meghan O'Rourke)
💬in conversation with Phil Christman
🏥covers AIDS crisis, organ donation, mental health
Field Guide to Falling Ill
Old Fourth Ward
Literature TalkLiterature TalkYale Prize-winning essayist Jonathan Gleason uses his work as a medical interpreter to explore how race, history, and state violence shape the way we treat illness and each other.
Yale Nonfiction Prize winner
Medical humanities
Essay collection launch
Tips
📖"illness is also a way of knowing" (Meghan O'Rourke)
💬in conversation with Phil Christman
🏥covers AIDS crisis, organ donation, mental health
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