This is a free in-person event at Isis Music Hall in West Asheville. Space is limited.
Masks are required for all attendees while indoors. Thank you for helping us keep our staff and neighbors healthy.
Books will be available for purchase on site and a signing will follow Dr. Benjamin Gilmer’s talk and a Q&A moderated by Dr. Jeff Heck.
THE OTHER DR. GILMER
A powerful true story about a shocking crime and a mysterious illness that will forever change your notions of how we punish and how we heal—an expansion on one of the most popular This American Life episodes of all time.
The Other Dr. Gilmer takes readers on a thrilling and heart-wrenching journey through our shared human fallibility, made worse by a prison system that is failing our most vulnerable citizens. With deep compassion and an even deeper sense of justice, Dr. Benjamin Gilmer delves into the mystery of what could make a caring doctor commit a brutal murder. And in the process, his powerful story asks us to answer a profound question: In a country with the highest incarceration rates in the world, what would it look like if we prioritized healing rather than punishment?
“A remarkable medical detective story–cum–memoir, grippingly told . . . I was drawn in by every part of it.”—Atul Gawande, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal