CEW and the Institute for Research on Women & Gender at University of Michigan invite you to join us for a Poetry Reading by Susan Eisenberg on Wednesday, October 26th from 4:00-5:00 p.m., with a reception immediately following.

CEW’s Visiting Social Activist Susan Eisenberg will share selected poems and photographs from her new book Perpetual Care. Eisenberg helps us think differently about the embodied relations of health and affliction, particularly in contrast to the social construction of women's health and well-being. Her work may hold special resonance for women of color, who are more likely to live with chronic diseases such as lupus, which affects Eisenberg.

From the Back Cover: Incisive, lively, witty, Perpetual Care brilliantly defies its subject matter. Using an impressive range of forms, styles, and metaphors, Susan Eisenberg draws us deeply into the emotional complexities of a “flock of illnesses.” Whatever your background—as patient and/or provider—you will find this book difficult to put down. The poet’s striking photographs add resonance to both the title and these surprisingly hopeful poems. - Martha Collins, poet, Blue Front

Register here: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/poetry-reading-susan-eisenberg/20161017