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 2019_MD_GBF_Misc_190518 | 155 | Gaithersburg Book Festival (2019) -- Miscellaneous
The Politics and Prose tent, vendor tables, kids activities, etc.
Folks here include Cerphe Colwell, Grant Goodman, Jud Ashman, Eugene Meyer, Tom Glenn, Melissa Koberlein, Frida Larios |
| 2019_DC_Pilkey_191011 | 294 | Library of Congress -- Event: Dav Pilkey (Do Good Tour)
Come see Dav Pilkey talk about his books and his Do Good initiative!
Please join us for a special evening with Dav Pilkey, a Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents event.
International bestselling author/illustrator Dav Pilkey will appear at the Library of Congress on his Do Good Tour.... |
| 2019_DC_NPHarris_190911 | 149 | Library of Congress -- Event: Neil Patrick Harris ("The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third")
NBF Presents: Neil Patrick Harris | The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third
Join us for the kick-off event of the Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents series for an exciting evening of magic and moderated conversation with award-winning actor and author Neil Patrick Harris as he celebrates... |
| 2019_DC_NBF_PP_190831 | 34 | Natl Book Festival 2019 -- Politics and Prose Area |
| 2019_DC_Bookfair_191101 | 121 | NPC -- 42nd Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2019)
One hundred authors -- and their books -- will be under one roof at the National Press Club, just in time for the gift-giving season. Navigate national politics and history, whisk your way to tasty treats, or laugh with your little one during the 2019 Book Fair and Authors’ Night on Friday, Nov.... |
| 2019_DC_McCabe_190223 | 89 | Politics & Prose -- Andrew G. McCabe ("The Threat")
Andrew G. McCabe - The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
McCabe started working at the FBI in 1996 and served in many capacities, from street agent on the Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force to leading the Counterterrorism Division, the National Security Branch, and... |
| 2019_DC_Presidents_Women_191025 | 65 | Politics & Prose -- Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy ("All the President's Women") w/Adrienne LaFrance
Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy - All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator— in conversation with Adrienne LaFrance
In their new exposé, the authors draw on extensive original reporting to give the fullest account yet of Trump’s relationships with women. Levine, a longtime... |
| 2019_DC_McKibben_190418 | 31 | Politics & Prose -- Bill McKibben ("Falter")
Bill McKibben - Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Since publishing the now classic The End of Nature in 1989, widely credited with launching the movement against climate change, McKibben has been at the forefront of nearly every fight on behalf of the environment. In addition to a... |
| 2019_DC_Meltzer_190109 | 65 | Politics & Prose -- Brad Meltzer ("The First Conspiracy") w/Josh Mensch
Brad Meltzer - The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington — in conversation with Josh Mensch
Writing history with the same command of pacing, suspense, and vivid action that has made him one of today’s finest thriller writers, Meltzer in his new book tells the startling, and... |
| 2019_DC_Bushnell_190909 | 79 | Politics & Prose -- Candace Bushnell ("Is There Still Sex in the City?") w/Barrie Hardymon
Candace Bushnell - Is There Still Sex in the City? — in conversation with Barrie Hardymon
Bushnell’s 1996 Sex and the City launched the hit HBO series and revolutionized attitudes to sex and dating. In her new book she continues her sharp and funny exploration of relationships by following the... |
| 2019_DC_Robertson_190330 | 25 | Politics & Prose -- Cara Robertson ("The Trial of Lizzie Borden")
Cara Robertson - The Trial of Lizzie Borden
A writer and lawyer, Robertson has been researching the Lizzie Borden case since she was a senior at Harvard; she published her first paper on the trial in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities in 1997. Separating facts from the many myths that surround... |
| 2019_DC_Kidd_190310 | 62 | Politics & Prose -- Chip Kidd ("Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal")
Chip Kidd - Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal
An acronym for Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury, saying the word “shazam” invoked the powerful line of heroic elders who allowed ordinary Billy Batson to become Captain Marvel, the world’s mightiest mortal. In the... |
| 2019_DC_Rubenstein_191029 | 68 | Politics & Prose -- David M. Rubenstein ("The American Story") w/David Gregory
David M. Rubenstein - The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians — in conversation with David Gregory
In his Peer-to-Peer Conversations for The David Rubenstein Show on PBS, Rubenstein, a philanthropist and financier, has engaged with top figures in the business world to explore the... |
| 2019_DC_Rowell_190331 | 106 | Politics & Prose -- David Rowell ("Wherever the Sound Takes You") w/Bob Funck
David Rowell - Wherever the Sound Takes You: Heroics and Heartbreak in Music Making — with accompaniment by Bob Funck
Rowell is best known as deputy editor of the Washington Post Magazine and author of The Train of Small Mercies, but he’s also a devoted amateur drummer, and his new book chronicles his... |
| 2019_DC_Kalb_190107 | 96 | Politics & Prose -- Deborah Kalb and Robert Lunsford ("President and Me: John Adams & the Magic Bobblehead")
Deborah Kalb and Robert Lunsford - President and Me: John Adams & the Magic Bobblehead — in Children and Teens
When Ava’s mom remarries, Ava gets stuck with a younger, annoying stepbrother, J.P. Struggling to adjust to her new life, Ava’s mom announces a family trip to Boston. While on this trip, Ava... |
| 2019_DC_Minoui_190414 | 82 | Politics & Prose -- Delphine Minoui ("I'm Writing You From Tehran") w/Sonia Dridi, in partnership with the French Embassy
Delphine Minoui - I'm Writing You From Tehran: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Past and Their Country's Future — in conversation with Sonia Dridi, in partnership with the French Embassy
Minoui, an award-winning Middle East correspondent for Le Figaro, was born in France to a French mother and... |
| 2019_DC_ONeill_190331 | 39 | Politics & Prose -- Eric O'Neill ("Gray Day")
Eric O'Neill - Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy
A frequent speaker on espionage, national security, cybersecurity, corporate defense, hacking, and Russia, O’Neill got his experience early: at age twenty-six, he was assigned to investigate an FBI agent suspected of... |
| 2019_DC_Thomas_190402 | 53 | Politics & Prose -- Evan Thomas ("First: Sandra Day O'Connor") w/Osceola Freear
Evan Thomas - First: Sandra Day O'Connor
Writing with the same narrative flair, sense of history and politics, and deep insight into people and institutions that made his Being Nixon, Ike’s Bluff, and Wise Men essential Washington reading, Thomas now delivers an authoritative, compelling, and intimate... |
| 2019_DC_Peck_190105 | 76 | Politics & Prose -- Garrett Peck ("The Great War in America")
Garrett Peck - The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath
The First World War had been underway for two years before President Wilson committed U.S. troops to help make the globe “safe for democracy,” but the nation’s initial reluctance to take part in the conflict has colored our views of... |
| 2019_DC_Will_190702 | 58 | Politics & Prose -- George F. Will ("The Conservative Sensibility")
George F. Will - The Conservative Sensibility
One of the nation’s most influential political commentators, Will started his Washington Post column in 1974, won the Pulitzer for his work just three years later, and has been syndicated in more than 400 newspapers across the country. His new book draws on... |
| 2019_DC_Brennan_190928 | 137 | Politics & Prose -- Ian Brennan ("Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth") w/The Good Ones and John Waters
Ian Brennan - Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth — with a performance by The Good Ones, and in conversation with John Waters
Brennan is a Grammy-award winning record producer, but his multi-track career also includes writing, lecturing on violence prevention, and promoting voices from... |
| 2019_DC_Hernandez_190309 | 84 | Politics & Prose -- Jaime Hernandez ("Is This How You See Me?") w/Sarah Boxer
Jaime Hernandez - Is This How You See Me? in conversation with Sarah Boxer
With his brothers Gilbert and Mario, Jaime Hernandez created Love and Rockets, one of the first comics to appear in the 1980s alternative comics movement. Hernandez has continued and expanded that series with his award-winning... |
| 2019_DC_Howell_191114 | 55 | Politics & Prose -- Janet Howell and Theresa Howell ("Leading the Way: Women in Power") w/Emily Cain
Senator Janet Howell and Theresa Howell - Leading the Way: Women in Power—in Children & Teens—In Conversation with Emily Cain, EMILY's List Executive Director
Women interested in politics, or even voting rights, have been dismissed and scoffed at throughout American history. Meet many of the brave... |
| 2019_DC_Brown_190103 | 46 | Politics & Prose -- Jeremy Brown ("Influenza")
Dr. Jeremy Brown - Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History
The Spanish Flu pandemic, the deadliest in history, infected some 500 million people worldwide and killed 20 to 50 million. In the hundred years since, medicine has made great strides—substituting flu shots for... |
| 2019_DC_Acosta_190618 | 81 | Politics & Prose -- Jim Acosta ("The Enemy of the People")
Jim Acosta - The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America
In Trump’s vilification of the media as “enemies of the people,” no network has received harsher treatment than CNN, with Acosta, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, bearing the brunt of the attacks. But rather than... |
| 2019_DC_Waters_190524 | 95 | Politics & Prose -- John Waters ("Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder") w/Stephen Thompson
John Waters - Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder — in conversation with Stephen Thompson
Filmmaker, actor, writer, visual artist—Waters is known for many things, but especially for the startling, transgressive quality of movies like Hairspray and Pink Flamingos, spoken-word shows... |
| 2019_DC_Andres_190604 | 83 | Politics & Prose -- José Andrés ("Vegetables Unleashed: A Cookbook")
José Andrés - Vegetables Unleashed: A Cookbook
Andrés, the Michelin-starred, James Beard Award-winning chef, follows up We Fed an Island, his inspiring account of serving meals to the survivors of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, with a transformative book on cooking with vegetables. Drawing on a wide... |
| 2019_DC_Straczynski_190812 | 94 | Politics & Prose -- J. Michael Straczynski ("Becoming Superman")
J. Michael Straczynski - Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood
Straczynski is best known as the creator of the Babylon 5 and Sense8 TV shows, but his amazing four-decade career also encompasses screenwriting—Changeling, Thor, and World War Z—writing for several D.C. and Marvel Comics’... |
| 2019_DC_DiCamillo_190928 | 2 | Politics & Prose -- Kate DiCamillo ("Beverly Right Here")
I saw Kate in the main store after her talk across the street at St. Paul's Church. She said she prefers printed books -- she was glad that ebooks were available when necessary but she really appreciated the physical medium.
Kate DiCamillo - Beverly Right Here—at St. Paul's Church
Politics and Prose... |
| 2019_DC_LM_GK_190112 | 53 | Politics & Prose -- Lopez Matthews ("Howard University in the World Wars") and Gil Klein ("Trouble in Lafayette Square")
Lopez D. Matthews Jr - Howard University in the World Wars: Men and Women Serving the Nation
Gil Klein - Trouble in Lafayette Square: Assassination, Protest & Murder at the White House
In Howard University in the World Wars (History Press, $23.99) historian and archivist Lopez D. Matthews draws on a... |
| 2019_DC_Norris_190414 | 35 | Politics & Prose -- Mary Norris ("Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen") w/Deborah Tannen, in partnership with the Greek Embassy
Mary Norris - Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen — in conversation with Deborah Tannen
Norris charmed and delighted readers with Between You & Me, her witty memoir about thirty years with The New Yorker’s fabled copy department. Her new book is an enthusiastic and thoroughly engaging paean to... |
| 2019_DC_Epstein_190629 | 147 | Politics & Prose -- Nadine Epstein ("Elie Wiesel, an Extraordinary Life and Legacy") w/Robert Siegel
Nadine Epstein - Elie Wiesel, an Extraordinary Life and Legacy: Writings, Photographs and Reflections — in conversation with Robert Siegel
A survivor of Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) devoted his life to ensuring that the Holocaust never be repeated nor forgotten. He left a legacy rich in... |
| 2019_DC_Race_In_America_190115 | 94 | Politics & Prose -- Panel -- "Race in America" (6th) w/April Ryan, Donna Brazile, Jason Riley, and Wesley Lowery
Race in America Today: A Panel Discussion — moderated by April Ryan, featuring Donna Brazile, Jason Riley, and Wesley Lowery
Join April Ryan, Washington Bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks and author of Under Fire, At Mama’s Knee, and The Presidency in Black and White for the sixth in an... |
| 2019_DC_Shinkle_190120 | 64 | Politics & Prose -- Peter Shinkle ("Ike's Mystery Man") w/Michael Isikoff
Peter Shinkle - Ike's Mystery Man: The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler — in conversation with Michael Isikoff
Robert "Bobby" Cutler (1895-1974) earned a law degree at Harvard and served two stints as Eisenhower’s National Security Advisor. While historians have recognized his contributions to the... |
| 2019_DC_Hundt_190414 | 102 | Politics & Prose -- Reed Hundt ("A Crisis Wasted")
Reed Hundt - A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama's Defining Decisions
Hundt was a member of the transition teams for the Clinton and Obama presidencies, and in his provocative new book he argues that Obama determined the fate of his presidency before he even took office. Closely examining the domestic policy... |
| 2019_DC_Alter_190406 | 8 | Politics & Prose -- Robert Alter ("The Art of Bible Translation")
Robert Alter - The Art of Bible Translation
Alter, emeritus professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, has lectured and written on the Bible extensively, but the heart of his scholarship is translation. Over the last several decades he has published... |
| 2019_DC_Eulogy_190412 | 125 | Politics & Prose -- Roz Chast and Patricia Marx ("Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?") w/Melissa Block
Roz Chast and Patricia Marx - Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions — in conversation with Melissa Block
Finding she couldn’t get her mother’s words of wisdom out of her mind, Marx, a long-time writer for The New Yorker, decided to put them in a book. Not just... |
| 2019_DC_Pelley_190522 | 63 | Politics & Prose -- Scott Pelley ("Truth Worth Telling")
Scott Pelley - Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times |
| 2019_DC_Wilentz_190127 | 64 | Politics & Prose -- Sean Wilentz ("No Property in Man")
Sean Wilentz - No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding
Since a number of the nation’s founders were slave-holders, many historians have interpreted the Constitution as not merely tolerating slavery but positively enshrining it. In this revisionist account, Wilentz... |
| 2019_DC_Jones_190305 | 133 | Politics & Prose -- Senator Doug Jones ("Bending Towards Justice")
Taking his title from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s statement that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice," Jones chronicles the arduous struggle to punish those responsible for the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, which killed four girls. Though the FBI... |
| 2019_DC_Brown_191105 | 134 | Politics & Prose -- Sherrod Brown ("Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America")
Sherrod Brown - Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America
In this engaging political history, Brown, senior U.S. senator from Ohio, tells the story of twentieth-century progressive politics through the profiles of eight of the senators who occupied his chair—desk 88—before him. In a... |
| 2019_DC_Blumenthal_190907 | 52 | Politics & Prose -- Sidney Blumenthal ("All the Powers of Earth") w/Sean Wilentz
Sidney Blumenthal - All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. III, 1856-1860
Blumenthal, a former Washington Post reporter and esteemed political advisor, opened his magisterial Political Life of Abraham Lincoln series with A Self-Made Man, a detailed portrait of the future... |
| 2019_DC_Page_190406 | 55 | Politics & Prose -- Susan Page ("The Matriarch") w/Diane Rehm
Susan Page - The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty — in conversation with Diane Rehm
In the first new biography of Barbara Bush (1925-2018) in a decade, Page, the award-winning Washington Bureau chief of USA Today, shows that Bush was far more than just a wife and mother of... |
| 2019_DC_McAuliffe_190801 | 134 | Politics & Prose -- Terry McAuliffe ("Beyond Charlottesville")
Terry McAuliffe - Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism
Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018, McAuliffe declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville when white supremacists descended on the town in August 2017. His action was undermined by Trump, however, who, finding... |
| 2019_DC_Wheeler_190210 | 93 | Politics & Prose -- Tom Wheeler ("From Gutenberg to Google")
Tom Wheeler - From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future
As chairman of the FCC from 2013 to 2017 and before that as an entrepreneur, Wheeler has been a key figure in the telecommunications world for some four decades. In his new book he puts today’s tremendous technological changes in... |
| 2019_DC_Whoopi_191025 | 67 | Politics & Prose -- Whoopi Goldberg ("The Unqualified Hostess")
Whoopi Goldberg - The Unqualified Hostess: I Do It My Way So You Can Too! — SIGNING ONLY
This event is a signing only, with no formal speaking component.
Dynamic, surprising, and thoroughly delightful, Goldberg’s new book is an event—or the seeds to many future events: a primer on entertaining, it... |
| 2019_DC_Diamond_190510 | 69 | Politics & Prose @ GW Betts Theatre -- Jared Diamond ("Upheaval")
Jared Diamond - Upheaval—at GW Betts Theatre
Best known for his classic Guns, Germs, and Steel, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1998, Diamond is a professor of geography at UCLA, but he draws on myriad fields, including anthropology, economics, ecology, and evolutionary biology to propose groundbreaking... |
| 2019_DC_Mattis_190906 | 125 | Politics & Prose @ GW Betts Theatre -- Jim Mattis ("Call Sign Chaos") w/David Brooks
Jim Mattis - Call Sign Chaos
Politics and Prose and GW are honored to host General Jim Mattis, the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time, for Call Sign Chaos, a story about learning how to lead in a chaotic world. From wide-ranging leadership roles in... |
| 2019_DC_Farrow_191018 | 59 | Politics & Prose @ GWU Lisner -- Ronan Farrow ("Catch and Kill") w/Sunny Hostin
Ronan Farrow - Catch and Kill—at GW Lisner
In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost, in Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a... |
| 2019_DC_Atwood_190921 | 78 | Politics & Prose @ Lincoln Theatre -- Margaret Atwood ("The Testaments") w/Rebecca Traister
Margaret Atwood - The Testaments with Rebecca Traister -- At Lincoln Theatre
In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades with The Testaments. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of... |
| 2019_DC_Coates_190927 | 92 | Politics & Prose @ Lincoln Theatre -- Ta-Nehisi Coates ("The Water Dancer") w/Ibram X. Kendi
Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Water Dancer—in conversation with Ibram X. Kendi at Lincoln Theatre
The Water Dancer is a bracingly original vision of the world of slavery, written with the narrative force of a great adventure. Driven by Coates’ bold imagination and striking ability to bring readers deep into... |
| 2019_DC_Foner_190917 | 105 | Politics & Prose @ Sidwell Friends -- Eric Foner ("The Second Founding") w/Eric Holder and Jamelle Bouie
Eric Foner - The Second Founding— with Eric Holder, moderated by Jamelle Bouie at Sidwell Friends
One of the pre-eminent American historians of our time, Foner, whose 2011 study of Lincoln and slavery, The Fiery Trial, won the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln Prizes, is a major authority on the Civil... |
| 2019_DC_Munroe_190904 | 92 | Politics & Prose @ Sidwell Friends -- Randall Munroe ("How To") w/Alexandra Petri
Randall Munroe - How To — in conversation with Alexandra Petri at Sidwell Friends
Randall Munroe, the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer, brings readers a way to better understand the science and technology behind... |
| 2019_DC_Caro_190506 | 20 | Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Robert Caro ("Working") w/Chuck Todd
Robert Caro’s collection of personal essays is both a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of his award-winning books and an engaging self-portrait of sorts by one of our most accomplished biographers. Writing with his signature grace, humor, and vigor, Caro recalls what it was like to interview a man... |
| 2019_DC_Jarrett_190408 | 134 | Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Valerie Jarrett ("Finding My Voice") w/Anita Dunn
Valerie Jarrett In Conversation with Anita Dunn
In Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward, the longest-serving senior advisor in the Obama White House shares her journey as a daughter, mother, lawyer, business leader, public servant, and leader in government at a historic... |
| 2019_MD_Cousteau_190308 | 104 | Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Fabien Cousteau ("Great White Shark Adventure")
Fabien Cousteau Great White Shark Adventure — at Takoma Park Library (MD)
Famed explorer Fabien Cousteau and his junior explorers set off on an expedition to the coast of South Africa, home to the world’s largest concentration of great white sharks. They, along with his team of research experts, have... |
| 2019_MD_Holm_191001 | 86 | Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm ("The Evil Princess vs. The Brave Knight")
Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm - The Evil Princess vs. The Brave Knight—at Takoma Park Library (MD)
The Evil Princess and her brother, the Brave Knight, simply do not get along. She casts villainous spells, while he spends his days fighting dragons. He rescues kittens while she stirs up mischief.... |
| 2019_MD_Fogliano_191015 | 7 | Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Julie Fogliano ("Just in Case You Want to Fly")
Julie Fogliano - Just in Case You Want to Fly—at Takoma Park Library (MD)
Just in case you want to fly/ here’s some wind/ and here’s the sky.” These encouraging words begin the latest picture book by the author of When’s My Birthday? The rhyming text’s reliably gentle cadence assures young readers and... |
| 2022_MD_Le_220628 | 185 | Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Minh Lê ("The Blur")
Minh Lê - The Blur - at Takoma Park Library, MD
This event is in-person at the Takoma Park, MD Community Center Auditorium.
Politics and Prose is delighted to partner with the Takoma Park Maryland Library for an exciting program with children's book author Minh Lê.
The Blur by Minh Le, illustrated... |
| 2019_DC_Reston_191028 | 38 | Politics & Prose @ The Wharf -- James Reston Jr. ("The Impeachment Diary")
James Reston Jr. - The Impeachment Diary: Eyewitness to the Removal of a President — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf
Reston follows A Rift in the Earth with a timely account of the impeachment process against Richard Nixon. Drawing on his diaries from the period, Reston revisits the 1973 Senate... |
| 2019_DC_Merkley_191121 | 80 | Politics & Prose @ The Wharf -- Senator Jeff Merkley ("America is Better than This") w/Eric Schwartz
Senator Jeff Merkley - America is Better than This: Trump's War Against Migrant Families — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf
Senator Jeff Merkley with Eric Schwartz
Merkley, US Senator from Oregon and sponsor of the Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act, was among the first members of Congress to... |
| 2019_DC_Tam_190528 | 83 | Politics & Prose @ The Wharf -- Simon Tam ("Slanted") w/Robert Barnes and Joe X. Jiang
Simon Tam - Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court — in conversation with Robert Barnes — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf
Tam founded his Asian-American dance rock band, The Slants, in 2006. Known for their community activism, the band dedicated itself to overturning... |
| 2019_DC_Abrams_190409 | 84 | Politics & Prose @ UDC Theater of the Arts -- Stacey Abrams ("Lead from the Outside") w/Brooke Baldwin
Leadership is hard. Convincing others—and yourself—that you're capable of taking charge and achieving more requires insight and courage. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by political leader, entrepreneur, and nonprofit CEO Stacey Abrams is the handbook for outsiders,... |