MLF 2020
Kristof & Wudunn – Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
St James Episcopal Church of Upper Montclair 581 Valley Rd, Montclair, NJ, United StatesWe are delighted to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn to Montclair for the opening event of Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival 2020. They will discuss their latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, with former NJ gubernatorial candidate and Montclair resident, Jim Johnson. In Tightrope, the authors of the acclaimed, best-selling Half the Sky issue a ...
Susan Rice – Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
Alexander Kasser Theater MSU, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesSucceed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival presents an evening with Ambassador Susan Rice, recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy. Ambassador Rice will be in conversation with Jeh Johnson, former Secretary of Homeland Security. In Tough Love, Susan E. Rice—National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the United ...
Mo Rocca: Mobituaries
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesDon’t miss the chance to hear beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca discuss Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving, a book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him on March 28, Festival Day at Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival 2020. Come and hear Rocca bring these men and women back to life with dogged reporting and ...
Madeline Miller: Circe
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesDon’t miss the chance to hear novelist Madeline Miller speak with her editor Lee Boudreaux about her phenomenally successful retelling of the life of the Greek goddess, Circe, on March 28, Festival Day at Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival 2020. Described as “bold and subversive” (The New York Times), “blisteringly modern” (The Times) and “a daring feminist take on a classic ...
Erik Larson: The Splendid and the Vile
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesFor our closing event on Festival Day 2020, we welcome Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake, to talk about his latest book, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. Join one of “the modern masters of popular narrative nonfiction” (New ...
Paul Krugman – Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesFor our final event of 2020, we welcome New York Times columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel prize–winning economist Paul Krugman to Montclair to discuss his latest book, Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future. Don’t miss this accessible, compelling overview of today’s major policy issues, moderated by renowned journalist, political commentator, and former White House ...