Book Discussion by Author Ieva Jusionyte

Boston-based author Ieva Jusionyte will visit First Unitarian Church on Thursday, March 12, at 6 p.m., as part of New Bedford’s AHA! Night.

Jusionyte will discuss her book, “Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border,” a Massachusetts Book Awards Nonfiction Honors title. She will talk about how firearms purchased in the U.S. make their way into Mexico and the toll that trade takes on communities. Audience Q&A and book signing will follow.

Research draws on interviews with federal agents, arms traffickers, and people directly affected by border violence. Narrative blends reporting with personal stories.

The program is sponsored by the Mass Book Awards Speakers Bureau, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Center for the Book.

Jusionyte is a legal anthropologist and MacArthur Fellow. She serves as Watson Family University Professor of International Security and Anthropology and directs the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown University.