Heidi Julavits: Directions to Myself
Raising a child in a time of contradiction and moral complexity.
In Directions to Myself, Heidi Julavits explores what it means to raise a child in a time of contradiction and moral complexity. Drawing on both past and present, the book examines the messy minutiae of family life as well as broader, more fraught topics of gender and politics. Intimate, consistent, and refreshingly unsentimental, Directions to Myself cements Julavits’ reputation as one of today’s most innovative nonfiction authors. Prior registration at LeipzigUSConsulate@state.gov is required.
Meet the speaker
Heidi Julavits is an associate professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts. She received her BA from Dartmouth College and MFA from Columbia University. Julavits is the author, most recently, of Directions to Myself (Hogarth, 2023), and The Folded Clock: A Diary (Doubleday, 2015), a New York Times Notable Book. She is also the author of…
