Join Left Bank Books for an evening with the Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health, Sandro Galea, to celebrate the release of Alien: Reflections on Being an Immigrant.
Galea’s intimate and personal story frames the experience of being an immigrant in terms of its indelible lessons on adaptation, identity, belonging, and shared generosity. His is a reflection on empathy, on precarity, and on the effect of immigrating, in which one becomes keenly aware of how quickly life—and the world—can change.
Blending philosophical inquiry and personal story, Alien bridges the gap between storytelling and scholarship and, in doing so, gifts us an essential aperture on the world not everyone experiences—and the value of having those who do.
Join us for the discussion and book signing.