Lorraine Boissoneault in conversation with Rachel E. Gross
Join us for a timely, imaginative discussion with Lorraine Boissoneault on her new book Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene. Boissoneault will be in conversation with science journalist Rachel E. Gross, author of Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage. The two will explore issues around medical misogyny, climate change, and making meaning from collapse, followed by a Q&A and brief interactive grief ritual with the audience.
For most of her adult life, science writer Lorraine Boissoneault has weathered the tides of living in a fragile, unruly body on a fragile, unruly planet. Unable to control or make sense of her chronic illness diagnoses, she began describing the ebb and flow of her symptoms as “body weather.” For her, the phrase came to reflect the way our internal weather systems reflect larger patterns of change and chaos around us.
In her book, Boissoneault uses this concept as a jumping-off point to explore the intimate relationship between our bodies and the world around us. A veteran science and nature reporter, she braids memoir and reportage to draw out unexpected connections between chronic illness, climate change, and the ecosystems we take for granted. Against all odds, she comes out of this journey with a message of hope, about living alongside loss and making meaning out of uncertainty.
For most of her adult life, science writer Lorraine Boissoneault has weathered the tides of living in a fragile, unruly body on a fragile, unruly planet. Unable to control or make sense of her chronic illness diagnoses, she began describing the ebb and flow of her symptoms as “body weather.” For her, the phrase came to reflect the way our internal weather systems reflect larger patterns of change and chaos around us.
In her book, Boissoneault uses this concept as a jumping-off point to explore the intimate relationship between our bodies and the world around us. A veteran science and nature reporter, she braids memoir and reportage to draw out unexpected connections between chronic illness, climate change, and the ecosystems we take for granted. Against all odds, she comes out of this journey with a message of hope, about living alongside loss and making meaning out of uncertainty.
Lorraine Boissoneault is a writer with a passion for storytelling across various mediums. Previously a scriptwriter and producer for the science documentary channel “Real Science” (with 2 million subscribers), she has also worked as a staff writer for Smithsonian Magazine and freelanced for outlets like National Geographic, Great Lakes Now, The New Yorker, Catapult, Lit Hub, The Washington Post, PassBlue, and many others.
Lorraine has received fellowships from the Society for Environmental Journalists, the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, and the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Her work has been shortlisted for awards such as the Peter Lisagor Award and the Chicago Book of the Year Award. In 2024, she won the Lukas Book-in-Progress Prize from Harvard and Columbia University. Her new book, BODY WEATHER, explores the intimate connections between planetary and personal health.
Lorraine has received fellowships from the Society for Environmental Journalists, the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, and the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Her work has been shortlisted for awards such as the Peter Lisagor Award and the Chicago Book of the Year Award. In 2024, she won the Lukas Book-in-Progress Prize from Harvard and Columbia University. Her new book, BODY WEATHER, explores the intimate connections between planetary and personal health.
Rachel E. Gross is an award-winning science journalist who writes about gender bias and marginalized voices in medicine for The New York Times, The Atlantic, the BBC, and others. She is the author of “Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage,” a New York Times Editors’ Pick and finalist for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Award in Literary Science Writing. Previously, she was a 2018-19 Knight Science Journalism Fellow and the digital science editor of Smithsonian magazine.
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Lorraine Boissoneault in conversation with Rachel E. Gross
<div><div visibility="hidden"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Join us for a timely, imaginative discussion with Lorraine Boissoneault on her new book <strong>Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene.</strong> Boissoneault will be in conversation with science journalist Rachel E. Gross, author of Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage. The two will explore issues around medical misogyny, climate change, and making meaning from collapse, followed by a Q&A and brief interactive grief ritual with the audience.<br><br>For most of her adult life, science writer Lorraine Boissoneault has weathered the tides of living in a fragile, unruly body on a fragile, unruly planet. Unable to control or make sense of her chronic illness diagnoses, she began describing the ebb and flow of her symptoms as “body weather.” For her, the phrase came to reflect the way our internal weather systems reflect larger patterns of change and chaos around us.<br><br>In her book, Boissoneault uses this concept as a jumping-off point to explore the intimate relationship between our bodies and the world around us. A veteran science and nature reporter, she braids memoir and reportage to draw out…
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