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Cherng Distinguished Scholar Keynote Lecture - Andrew Leland

Monday, April 8, 2024 4pm

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http://honors.missouri.edu #MizzouHonors
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Join the University of Missouri Honors College as we welcome Andrew Leland, our 2024 Cherng Distinguished Scholar! Leland, who earned his master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, started losing his sight while in high school as a result of retinitis pigmentosa, a progressive eye disease that leads to the deterioration of the retinas. His memoir, The Country of the Blind, documents his journey as he prepares for blindness.

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Event Type

Lectures Alumni Students Health Open to Public

Sponsors

Honors College

Website

http://honors.missouri.edu

Cost

FREE

Department

Honors College

Hashtag

#MizzouHonors

Contact Name

MU Honors College

Contact Phone

573-882-3893

Contact Email

MizzouHonors@missouri.edu

Speaker(s) Information

Andrew Leland’s writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Quarterly, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among other outlets. From 2013-2019, he hosted and produced The Organist, an arts and culture podcast, for KCRW; he has also produced pieces for Radiolab and 99 Percent Invisible. He has been an editor at The Believer since 2003. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife and son.

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