Oliver Burkeman

PENELOPE BASS

7:30 pm., Sunday January 27 | Free.

Powell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.

Do positive affirmations just make you want to kill yourself? You’re not alone. Oliver Burkeman explores the concept of happiness, talking with everyone from psychologists to Buddhists to terrorism experts, to understand why forced positive thinking is making us miserable. His new book is The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking. Go ahead, be a grumpus.

Where: Powell's City of Books
Phone: 228-4651
Address: 1005 W Burnside St.
Website: www.powells.com

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