Join us for an unforgettable evening with two award-winning memoirists, Jessica Fein and Mimi Zieman, as they share their powerful stories of resilience and triumph, and speak about their newest books. Moderated by Blair Glaser, this event will feature a panel discussion followed by an audience Q&A and a book signing.
Jessica Fein is the author of Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes (Behrman House, May 2024), and host of the “I Don’t Know How You Do It” podcast, which features people whose lives seem unimaginable and who triumph over seemingly impossible challenges. Her memoir takes readers on a powerful journey from the initial shock of her daughter’s ultra-rare life-threatening diagnosis to the relentless battles against the ravages of disease, navigating the complexities of parenthood with unwavering courage and love, and inviting joy to be louder than sorrow Learn more at www.jessicafeinstories.com
Mimi Zieman is a physician, speaker, and author of Tap Dancing on Everest, A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure (Falcon, April 2024), selected as Best Memoir of 2024 by the American Writing Awards. She’s also written a play, The Post-Roe Monologues, and a medical guide, Managing Contraception. Her memoir is about the risks we take to become our truest selves, connecting her background as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor raised in N.Y.C., with becoming the doctor and only woman on a groundbreaking Everest expedition in Tibet. Learn more at www.mimiziemanmd.com
We will have copies of Breath Taking and Tap Dancing on Everest available for purchase at the event, as well as pre-sale options through our registration link.
Blair Glaser is a writer, executive coach, and leadership mentor. Her essays have appeared in publications such as HuffPost, Longreads, and Business Insider, and in her AI counterbalancing newsletter, the HI (Human Intelligence) Stack. Blair’s forthcoming memoir, This Incredible Longing, chronicling her time leading up to and living in an ashram in her ’20s, will be published by Heliotrope in 2026. Learn more at www.blairglaser.com.