We will discuss new writing by Liz Roberts. Professor Roberts is a professor of anthropology at UM, who investigates scientific and public health knowledge production and its embodied effects in Latin America and the United States. Her forthcoming book is "In Praise of Addiction: Or How We Can Learn to Love Dependency in a Damaged World."

"In Praise of Addiction" takes an ecological approach to its subject. Through her field work in Mexico City and profoundly humanizing insights into her own family’s relationship with addiction, Roberts makes a fascinating case for distinguishing between the isolation of vice and dependencies that connect us in pleasurable ways. We hope you will join us to read and celebrate Liz’s new work.

Please register to receive a copy of Liz’s writing before the discussion and come ready to share your questions and ideas!