Megan O'Grady -- "How it Feels to Be Alive," with Alexandra Kleeman
Category: Literary
Date and Time
- Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Details
Megan O'Grady will speak about and sign her new book, "How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves," on Thursday, April 23rd at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. She will be in conversation with Alexandra Kleeman for this special event. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.
About the Book:
When Megan O'Grady was a teenager, she saw a photograph in a museum that changed her life. At the end of an early marriage, art stoked new ways of thinking about connection and transformation. As a new parent, it guided her to confront vulnerability and shame. Whether seeking a home or contending with crises personal, political, and ecological, art was a critical lifeline, a source of beauty, solace, and provocation.
Looking closely at five artworks and the context in which each was made—often drawing on personal conversations with the artists—O’Grady examines the work’s rippling impact, implicating sometimes unexpected lineages and genres. How does art expand and redirect our imaginations and attention? When bottom-line or nihilistic thinking dominates our public sphere, what meanings and alternatives does it offer? A vital call to engage deeply, to see in new ways, and to rethink all that we take for granted, "How It Feels to Be Alive" inspires and exhorts, providing a template to think through the knottiest problems in our culture, our selves, and the connections between the two.
IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).
A coupon good for $5 off a copy of 'How it Feels to Be Alive," or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.
