Rutgers University's Department of Journalism and Media Studies at SCILS, Department of History (SAS), and College Avenue Campus Dean's Office
invite you to hear
Rick Perlstein is the author of the New York Times bestseller Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (Scribner). His first book, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, won the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Award for history. It appeared on the best books lists that year of the New York Times, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune. He has also published The Stock Ticker and the Superjumbo: How the Democrats Can Once Again Become America’s Dominant Political Party, an essay with responses from commentators including Robert Reich, Elaine Kamarck, and Ruy Teixeira. His work has appeared in many publications including the Village Voice, Slate, The Nation, and The New Yorker. He is now senior fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future, where he writes the blog “The Big Con.”
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Free and open to the public, Rick Perlstein will speak on:
“Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America”
Wednesday, September 17
4:30 p.m.
Teleconference Lecture Hall, 4th floor of Alexander Library, 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick
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Graduate students and faculty are invited to a discussion with Rick Perlstein on
“How I Write My Books and Why”
Wednesday, September 17
1:15 - 2:45pm
301 Van Dyck Hall
