Stevan M. Weine

22 MAY 2023 — monday

The Mechanics' Institute presents psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Stevan M. Weine, When History Is a Nightmare: Lives and Memories of Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina, discussing his new book, Best Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry From Madness, a pivotal look at how the late great poet Allen Ginsberg transformed experiences of mental illness into powerful poetry, Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, free for members, public sliding scale $5-$10, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.milibrary.org/events/best-minds-how-allen-ginsberg-made-revolutionary-poetry-madness-may-22-2023)