A Pandemic in Residence Author Event

4240 Cass Avenue,Detroit MI 48201

17 July, 2021

Description

Come celebrate the book A Pandemic in Residence, an essays collection by Selina Mahmood on the third Summer Saturday, Love Midtown. About the Event: We are planning to host the author talk and book signing at an outside space at our bookstore. We will safely space out inside in the case of rain or extreme heat. You will be messaged about any location change. Ticket includes a place at the event on Saturday July 17th at 4pm. To purchase the book in advance please use this link. You can purchase for pick up and we will hold it at the bookstore for signing at the event. If you prefer a singed copy sent to you make sure to state that in your order in the comments. The signed books will be mailed after July 17th. About the Book: A debut essay collection of remarkable breadth and erudition by a young Pakistani-American doctor and writer. During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Selina Mahmood—in the middle of the first year of her neurology residency—found scraps of time between grueling shifts to write. The resulting A Pandemic in Residence: Essays from a Detroit Hospital is her personal and meticulous document of an unprecedented year in medicine, and the debut of a young and uncommon talent. In the tradition of writers like Oliver Sacks and Paul Kalanithi, Dr. Mahmood takes the science of neurology and spins it into poetry, exploring theories of the mind, Pakistani-American identity, immigration, family, the history of medicine, and, of course, the challenges of becoming a physician in the midst of a global health crisis. Skipping nimbly across continents and drawing inspiration from an array of sources ranging from Thomas Edison to Yuval Harari to Beyoncé, she has with this collection crafted an elegant, incisive, utterly original investigation. About the Author: Selina Mahmood was born in Detroit and serves as a second-year neurology resident there. She has also lived in Lahore, NYC, and Ann Arbor. She graduated with a major in history from the University of Michigan in a previous life before pursuing medicine. Her work has appeared in The Manhattanville Review, Squawk Back, Blood and Thunder-Musings on the Art of Medicine, The Conglomerate, and others. She has also blogged book reviews on HuffPost and worked as a reader for Boulevard, Bellevue Literary Review, and Frontier Poetry. When she isn't busy diving into the brain, she's trying to swallow her way out of it. "A profound, moving and unfiltered account of not just a frontline worker's experience at an unprecedented moment, but a story of family and identity, of pop songs and PPE."—Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon Source Booksellers, an independent bookstore in Detroit's Midtown district, offering a unique niche of non fiction books since 1989. We offer books and unusual sideline items that enhance your life and your lifestyle. More on:  www.sourcebooksellers.com