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The Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains

with Pria Anand

2025-07-31 13:00:00 2025-07-31 14:00:00 America/Chicago The Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains Hear a fascinating conversation with neurologist and author Pria Anand about her new book "The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains". Virtual -

Thursday, July 31
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-31 13:00:00 2025-07-31 14:00:00 America/Chicago The Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains Hear a fascinating conversation with neurologist and author Pria Anand about her new book "The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains". Virtual -

Hear a fascinating conversation with neurologist and author Pria Anand about her new book "The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains".

Join Pria Anand as she chats about her new book The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains. In this collection of literary essays, Anand tells the stories we tell ourselves about our brains, and the stories our brains tell us. Through case study, history, fable, and memoir, Anand reveals all that the medical establishment has overlooked including the complexity and wonder of brains in health and in extremis and the vast gray area between sanity and insanity, doctor and patient, and illness and wellness.

About the Author: Pria Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric. Her stories and essays have appeared in Time Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Medical School, and she trained in neurology, neuro-infectious diseases, and neuroimmunology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Registration is required for live streaming. While registering, submit your questions so the author can answer them during the live event. Find all our upcoming Author Talks and past recordings by clicking here.

AGE GROUP: | Adult (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors & Performers |

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Mon, Jul 21, 9:00am - 12:00pm
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Tue, Aug 05, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
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