Notable journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser will discuss their bestseller, "A penetrating portrait of a powerful Washington insider…"--Kirkus Reviews. Q&A to follow.
Join us for another top author conversation with Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, and Susan Glasser, staff writer for The New Yorke, with Jonathan Alter. They'll be discuss their bestselling new biography of a consummate Washington insider, placing James Baker squarely in the context of national politics, past, present and future.
A New York Times bestseller. "New York Times chief White House correspondent Baker and New Yorker staff writer Glasser bring political acumen and thorough research to their absorbing biography....A penetrating portrait of a powerful Washington insider…”–Kirkus Reviews
ABOUT "The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III"
For a quarter-century, from the end of Watergate to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without his help or ran the White House without his advice. James Addison Baker III was the indispensable man for four presidents because he understood better than anyone how to make Washington work at a time when America was shaping events around the world. "The Man Who Ran Washington" is a page-turning portrait of a power broker who influenced America’s destiny for generations....
His story is a case study in the acquisition, exercise, and preservation of power in late twentieth-century America and the story of Washington and the world in the modern era–how it once worked and how it has transformed into an era of gridlock and polarization. This masterly biography by two brilliant observers of the American political scene is destined to become a classic."--Random House
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Peter Baker
Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, responsible for covering President Trump, the fourth president he has covered. He covered President Obama for The Times and Bill Clinton and George W. Bush for The Washington Post.
Peter joined The Times in 2008 after 20 years at The Post and has written about Mr. Trump since the inception of his administration, through the turmoil inside his White House and the many battles with adversaries outside it. He has written about the investigation into Russia’s election interference, legislative struggles over health care and tax cuts, decisions of war and peace in Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea and the impeachment of the president.
Peter has won all three major awards devoted to White House reporting: the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Coverage of the Presidency (twice), the Aldo Beckman Memorial Award (twice) and the Merriman Smith Memorial Award. Mr. Baker is also a political analyst for MSNBC and a regular panelist on PBS’s “Washington Week.”
He is the author of five other books, one of which was co-written with his wife, Susan Glasser.
Susan Glasser
Susan B. Glasser is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a weekly column on life in Trump’s Washington.
Susan has served as the top editor of several Washington publications; most recently, she founded the award-winning Politico Magazine and went on to become the editor of Politico throughout the 2016 election cycle. She previously served as the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy, which won three National Magazine Awards, among other honors, during her tenure.
Before that, she worked for a decade at the Washington Post, where she was the editor of Outlook and national news. She also oversaw coverage of the impeachment of Bill Clinton, served as a reporter covering the intersection of money and politics, spent four years as the Post’s Moscow co-bureau chief, and covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She edited Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper, early in her career.
Susan has co-written one other book with her husband, Peter Baker. She grew up in Montclair.
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Open Book/Open Mind | Books, Film & Theater | Book Discussion |
Mon, Mar 25 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Mar 26 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Mar 27 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Mar 28 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Fri, Mar 29 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Mar 30 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Mar 31 | Closed |
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