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Mark Salzman speaking LIVE at the NYPL, and in conversation backstage with Paul Holdengräber.
Author Mark Salzman (Iron and Silk, The Soloist, Lying Awake), became a stay-at-home parent in 2001.
Eight years and three failed book manuscripts later, he had a nervous breakdown. He joins LIVE to tell a sad story with a happy ending and to explore:
•What kind of person gets panic attacks when he meditates?
•Can an atheist have a mystical experience?
•Is free will a necessary illusion?
•Do dogs bark on purpose?
•Where does faith fit in?
Sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
July. NYPL Art and Architecture Collection.
One of 700,000 pictures in the NYPL Digital Gallery
