BLR BookTalk: Pria Anand with Danielle Ofri

ABOUT THE EVENT:

BLR BookTalks bring together writers and editors for wide-ranging conversations about craft, creativity, and life. Our latest BookTalk features Pria Anand, BLR author and neurologist, who has now published her first book, The Mind Electric. Pria is joined in conversation with BLR editor Danielle Ofri to discuss writing, medicine, and the intricacies of the mind.

Don't miss this exciting conversation on June 11 as we dive into Pria's debut book, where she delves into the wonder and the brilliance of our brains, exploring "the vast gray area between sanity and insanity, doctor and patient, and illness and wellness, each separated from the next by the illusion of a different story." (priaanand.com)

(RSVP even if you can't make the exact time of the event. We'll send you an email the next day with the link, which will stay active afterward.)

READ: 

Purchase The Mind Electric on BLR's Bookshop page and a portion of the purchase will support BLR.

Learn more about BLR and find copies of the journal at BLReview.org. You can get BLR Issue 25, with Pria's fabulous story "Commotio Cordis" in it.

BIOS: Pria Anand & Danielle Ofri

Pria Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric, out from Simon & Schuster (U.S.) and Little, Brown (U.K.) in June 2025. Her stories and essays have appeared in Time Magazine, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. Pria's story "Commotio Cordis" appeared in BLRIssue 25. She is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Medical School, and she trained in neurology, neuro-infectious diseases, and neuroimmunology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is now an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine, and she cares for patients at the Boston Medical Center. www.priaanand.com

Danielle Ofri is a founder and Editor-in-Chief of BLR. She is a primary care internist at Bellevue Hospital and a clinical professor of medicine at NYU. Her writing appears in the New York Times, The New Yorker, the New England Journal of Medicine, and elsewhere. A Guggenheim fellow, Ofri is the author of six books about life in medicine, including When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error. www.danielleofri.com

PRAISE for The Mind Electric

“Fully charged...an undeniable grace and humanity permeate these pages.” — Booklist, starred review

“Anand’s writing is reminiscent of Oliver Sacks and the best of medical writing. I found the tales of her personal experiences and the dive into history fascinating. The Mind Electric is a compelling read." — Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant of Water

Photo of Pria Anand by David Degner | Copyright: 2024 David Degner