Lesley Stern (Professor Emerita, Visual Arts UC San Diego) will read from her book followed by a discussion with poet Eileen Myles, film critic Girish Shambu, Ben Doller (Writing Program, Literature Department UC San Diego) and Lisa Cartwright (Visual Arts and Science Studies UC San Diego). With a special introduction by Donna Haraway (Distinguished Professor Emerita, UC Santa Cruz).

Diary of a Detour is a memoir of living with a chronic form of cancer, but it detours frequently into other genres and cross-disciplinary landscapes. With illustrations by Amy Adler (Visual Arts UC San Diego).

“Diary of a Detour is wonderful on so many levels. Besides being an extraordinary writer, Lesley Stern is emotionally and intellectually sophisticated in such subtle and deep ways.” —Donna Haraway

“A mixture of the mundane and the medical, the ordinary and the extraordinary.” —Kirkus Reviews

“It's the most pleasurable cancer book imaginable. I was riveted.” —Eileen Myles

For a description of the book and to read the introduction:
https://www.dukeupress.edu/diary-of-a-detour