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Ta-Nehisi Coates via Video Live Stream- “When Will France Have Its Barack Obama?”
November 2, 2016 | 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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What made President Obama’s rise possible? Could a similar figure come to power in France? Live-streaming from Albertine Bookshop in New York, Ta-Nehisi Coates, best-selling author of Between the World and Me, leads a discussion on French politics, race and identity; with guests Pap Ndiaye, Benjamin Stora, Iris Deroeux & Jelani Cobb.
Brookline Booksmith hosts this special PAGE & SCREEN collaboration with the Coolidge Corner Theatre, This event is free of charge but requires tickets, available through the Coolidge Corner Theatre.
Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.