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Jessica Gaitán Johannesson
Jessica Gaitán Johannesson grew up between Sweden, Colombia, and…
DiscoverThe Nerves and Their Endings Launch
Join author and activist Jessica Gaitán Johannesson at Lighthouse Books for the launch of her first collection of essays The Nerves And Their Endings.
Jess will be in conversation with Canadian poet Alycia Pirmohamed.
For more information and to book your ticket, please visit the event website here.
The Nerves and Their Endings
The body as a measuring tool for planetary harm. A nervous system under increasing stress.
In this urgent collection that moves from the personal to the political and back again, writer, activist, and migrant Jessica Gaitán Johannesson explores how we respond to crises.
She draws parallels between an eating disorder and environmental neurosis, examines the perils of an activist movement built on non-parenthood, dissects the privilege of how we talk about hope, and more.
The synapses that spark between these essays connect essential narratives of response and responsibility, community and choice, belonging…
