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Virtual Event – Casey Schwartz
April 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
For our first #virtualauthorchat, we’re exploring attention with author Casey Schwartz and her new book, Attention, A Love Story.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Combining expert storytelling with genuine self-scrutiny, Casey Schwartz details the decade she spend taking Adderall to help her pay attention (or so she thought) and then considers the role of attention in defining our lives as it has been understood by thinkers such as William James, David Foster Wallace, and Simone Weil. From our craving for distraction to our craving for a cure, from Silicon Valley consultants and psychedelic researchers to the findings of trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté, Schwartz takes us on an eye-opening tour of the modern landscape of attention.
We will be hosting this author via ZOOM videoconferencing. ZOOM is free for audience members to use and requires no logins or registrations. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with ZOOM ahead of time. A ZOOM widget (computer) or app (smartphone) and an internet connection are required to participate.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAucu6grj4iHNaWPHOipLVSpDCa6zaRQKn8
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
There is no admittance fee to attend this virtual event. This event will not be recorded and broadcast later.
To purchase a copy of Attention, A Love Story you can order online from the store: https://checkout.square.site/buy/C7WMPE3SA4S7VB2VJN74HKTS, order through our bookshop site here, or call the store 918-602-4452.
