Tour Information
Each of the 150th anniversary book events will feature distinguished contributors reading from and discussing their work in the anthology. A panel discussion will follow the readings and will be moderated by Atlantic editor at large Robert Vare.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18—LOS ANGELES
THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY—MARK TAPER AUDITORIUM
630 West 5th St.
Start Time: 7 p.m.
PANELISTS:
Senator George McGovern,
James Q. Wilson,
Walter Kirn
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19—BOSTON
FIRST PARISH CHURCH –SPONSORED BY HARVARD BOOKSTORE
3 Church St. (off Harvard Square)
Start Time: 7 p.m.
PANELISTS:
James Fallows,
Robert D. Kaplan,
Cullen Murphy,
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
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Note: Following the event, the Harvard Faculty Club will host Robert Vare and the anthology contributors with a cocktail reception and book signing. The Harvard Faculty Club will sell tickets for the evening that will include admission to the main event, a copy of the book, as well as admission to the cocktail reception.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22—CHICAGO
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY (Harold Washington main branch)
400 South State Street
Start Time: 6 p.m.
PANELISTS:
Studs Terkel,
William Least Heat-Moon,
Alex Kotlowitz
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24—WASHINGTON, D.C.
POLITICS & PROSE
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
(to be taped by CSPAN for broadcast at a later date)
Start Time: 7 p.m.
PANELISTS:
James Fallows,
Christopher Hitchens,
Mark Bowden,
Robert Dallek,
Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan),
William Langewiesche
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2-SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4—TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Texas State Capitol
Austin, Texas
Start Time: Noon, November 3rd (Senate Chamber)
PANELISTS:
Cullen Murphy,
Robert Vare
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8—NEW YORK CITY
KIMMEL CENTER AT NYU
Third Street between LaGuardia Place and Thompson Street
New York City
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
PANELISTS:
Christopher Buckley
Senator Bob Kerrey
Azar Nafisi
Joyce Carol Oates
P.J. O'Rourke
George Stephanopoulos
Tom Wolfe
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30—LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT
LITCHFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
7 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759
(860) 567-4501
Book Party: 6-8 p.m.
Speaker: Robert Vare
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24—WASHINGTON, CONNECTICUT
GUNN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
5 Wyckeham Road
Washington, Connecticut
(860) 868-7586
Time: 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Speaker: Robert Vare
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008 -- NEW YORK CITY
THE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB
15 Gramercy Park
New York, N.Y. 10010
(212) 475-3424
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Speaker: Robert Vare
