*The Acid Queen* (Video from 2 Bay Area Book Events)

"The Acid Queen" (Video from 2 Bay Area Book Events

New Book by Best Selling New York Times author of "Brain on Fire", Susannah Cahalan, "The Acid Queen : The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary"

Panel Discussion at Alembic on April 29, 2025 includes John Schewel, Gary Woodruff, Susannah Cahalan, Maria Mangini, Denis Berry, Kate Woodruff
https://www.berkeleyalembic.org/events/
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Conversation at The Book Passage Corte Madera, CA on April 30th 2025 https://www.bookpassage.com/

The Acid Queen tells the story of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, who has been known only as the wife of Timothy Leary, the Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic high priest, whose jailbreak captivated the counterculture and whose life on the run with Rosemary inflamed the government. But Rosemary was more than a mere accessory. She was a beatnik, a psychonaut, and a true believer who tested the limits of her mind and the expectations for women of her time. Long overlooked by those who have venerated her husband, Rosemary spent her life on the forefront of the counterculture, working with Leary on his books and speeches, sewing his clothing, and shaping—for better and for worse—the media’s narrative about LSD. Drawing from a wealth of interviews, diaries, archives, and unpublished sources, Susannah Cahalan writes the definitive portrait of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, reclaiming her narrative and her voice.

.Susannah Cahalan is a number one New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and public speaker. Her first book, Brain on Fire, has sold over a million copies and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Her second book, The Great Pretender, was shortlisted for the Royal Society’s 2020 Science Book Prize. She lives in New Jersey with her family. #bookevent #psychedelic #timothyleary #theacidqueen #lsd #beatnik #psychonaut #booklaunch #psychedelichistory