Susan Krierger suffers from “birdshot retinochoroidopathy,” which the lecturer in feminist studies describes as a “rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation on my retina and choroid and affects both my central and my peripheral vision.” The upshot: She’s blind, or rather, on a long journey toward blindness.

Krieger’s latest book, Traveling Blind, is her discovery, with companions, of a new world and a new kind of vision as she journeys through cities, airports and the deserts of the Southwest.

Information about Susan’s books can be found here.