David Stevenson discusses and reads from his recently published memoir, Warnings Against Myself. Introducing David Stevenson is journalist and writer Matt Komatsu. According to author Steve Roper,“With this book, Stevenson has joined the ranks of that rare breed: an excellent mountaineering writer…. His essays show a remarkable awareness not only of the physical world but of the innermost turmoil that can occur during moments of stress.” David Stevenson is the director of the Creative Writing and Literary Arts Department at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He is the author of the short fiction collection Letters from Chamonix, winner of the Banff Mountain Festival Fiction Prize. Since 1995 he has s been the book reviews editor at The American Alpine Journal.