New York Times columnist David Brooks and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will discuss “The Art of Power and Politics” at 4 p.m. Friday, May 10, in Guerry Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
A book signing with Brooks will be 2–3 p.m., Friday, May 10, at the University Bookstore.
Brooks will be on campus as the University’s Baccalaureate speaker on Saturday, May 11.
Brooks has been a New York Times op-ed columnist since September 2003 and is the author of three books. He has been a senior editor at the Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly and is a commentator on “PBS Newshour.” Brooks is also a frequent analyst on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
Meacham, a 1991 Sewanee graduate, received the Pulitzer Prize for “American Lion,” his 2008 biography of Andrew Jackson. His most recent book, the New York Times best seller “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,” celebrates Jefferson’s skills as a practical politician.
He is also the author of “Franklin and Winston” and “American Gospel.” Executive editor and executive vice president of Random House, Meacham is a contributing editor to Time magazine and a former editor of Newsweek.
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