Mycologist Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian blends science writing and memoir in her debut work of nonfiction Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, a 2026 Science + Literature selected title. Join Kaishian for a reading and conversation about the often overlooked creatures and fungi that helped her understand the natural world, her connection to a career in science, and her own identity as a queer, neurodivergent person.

Moderated by Katharine Coles, poet, Distinguished Professor, and co-Director of the Utah Symposium in Science and Literature.

Presented in partnership with the School of Biological Sciences and the Symposium on Science and Literature at the University of Utah.

Register here.