Author Talk: Andrew Leland

Sunday, April 28, 2 pm
Milwaukie Ledding Library Historic Milwaukie (Portland)
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Join visiting author Andrew Leland for a discussion of his book, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight. We meet the author midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from sightedness to blindness over years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon—but without knowing exactly when—he will likely have no vision left.

Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, politics, and customs. Thought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, The Country of the Blind is a deeply personal and intellectually exhilarating tour of a way of being that most of us have never paused to consider—and from which we have much to learn.

Andrew Leland’s writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Quarterly, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among other outlets. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife and son.

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Milwaukie Ledding Library

10660 SE 21st Ave. Milwaukie, OR 97222 Venue website

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