How art connects us to each other, with Boulder writer Megan O’Grady

Writer and professor Megan O’Grady poses for a photo in the KGNU studio with Abby O’Brien. (KGNU)
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Megan O’Grady is a Boulder-based arts and culture writer and assistant professor of art and art history at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her forthcoming book, out April 21, is How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves.

 

The book is an exploration of how art shapes emotional life, perception, and meaning, especially in moments of personal and cultural uncertainty.

 

The Boulder Bookstore will host O’Grady Thursday, April 23 for a book signing and conversation with Alexandra Kleeman. Info and tickets here.

 

She will also be speaking at the Tattered Cover in Denver on April 30. More info here.

 
This story aired on the Morning Magazine, KGNU’s weekday morning show featuring in-depth discussions on local news issues. Click here to listen to other episodes of the Morning Magazine.

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