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A prize-winning, bestselling author who has interviewed 9 presidents discusses his life in the halls of power and Trump's trial with Dale Russakoff, former Washington Post reporter.
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL. THERE IS NO WAITING LIST. Please come to the auditorium at 3:15 p.m. to receive a numbered waitlist ticket and we will try to get you into the program. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. After the discussion, there will be a Q&A period and a book signing and sale with Watchung Booksellers.
Open Book / Open Mind is sponsored by Montclair Public Library Foundation, Watchung Booksellers, the New Jersey Council on Humanities, Anonymous, David and Mary Lee Jones, Dr. Alex and Doris Malaspina and our Underwriters. We are also grateful for the generous support of our in-kind sponsors, First Congregational Church of Montclair, The George, and Amanti Vino. To support Open Book / Open Mind and other library programs, click here to donate.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jonathan Alter is an award-winning author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, columnist, television producer and radio host. He has written four books on American presidents, three of which were New York Times bestsellers. A former senior editor and columnist at Newsweek, Alter is a longtime political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. He co-produced and co-directed the HBO documentary “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists,” which won the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary. Over the years, Alter has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Washington Monthly, the New Yorker, Bloomberg, the Daily Beast and other publications. In 2021, he launched a weekly Substack newsletter called “OLD GOATS, Ruminating with Friends,” which includes frequent columns and his conversations with accomplished people of wisdom and experience. Since 2016, he has hosted “Alter Family Politics“ each week on Sirius XM, 102 with his three adult children. He is a longtime resident of Montclair and a member of the Open Book / Open Mind advisory committee.
ABOUT THE BOOK
“Jonathan Alter’s American Reckoning is a wonderful hybrid—a memoir of an extraordinary career in journalism, a political history of our recent past, and above all an insightful account of Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. It’s also a cry for decency and democracy at a critical moment.”
—Jeffrey Toobin
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Dale Russakoff served as a reporter at The Washington Post for almost 30 years and is author of “The Prize: Who’s In Charge of America’s Schools?.” She is a longtime resident of Montclair and serves on the Open Book / Open Mind advisory committee.
