"A Hope in the Unseen, Revisited" Conversation with Ron Suskind

Pembroke Hall, Room 305

Ron Suskind's book,  A Hope in the Unseen, has, for two decades, moved many to focus on issues of race and class inequality. The story follows Cedric Jennings, a young black honor student at Washington, D.C.'s Ballou High School, as he manages a bewildering array of intellectual and social challenges during his freshman year at Brown University.

Ron Suskind will join Professor Tricia Rose to revisit the book, its impact and where we are today in creating opportunities for vulnerable communities. They'll also discuss what powerful stories have to do with it. 

Reception and book signing to follow. Free + open to the public. Wheelchair accessible. 

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ron Suskind has written some of America's most important works of nonfiction, framing political and cultural dialogues while exploring the complexities of human experience. Mr. Suskind was the Wall Street Journal's senior national affairs reporter from 1993 until his departure in 2000. There he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for the original reporting that would later become the beginning of his first book: A Hope in the Unseen, An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League (1998). The book is a critically acclaimed bestseller that has redefined national debates on race, class and achievement and is widely taught across college campuses in America.

In addition to his books, he often appears on network and cable television and has been a contributor for The New York Times Magazine and Esquire. Mr. Suskind was the Wall Street Journal's senior national affairs reporter from 1993 until his departure in 2000, and won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. He is currently the Director of the Project on Public Narrative at Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. He lives in Cambridge with his wife, Cornelia Kennedy. 

 www.ronsuskind.com

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