Unmissable Culture: Cheryl Strayed, author of 'Wild' | Lee McIntyre | Adam Serwer and Ibram X. Kendi | Letters Live

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** Here are just a few of our highlights for the Summer:
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** 13th September 2021 - 6:30pm BST
Online
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An Evening With Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild and Brave Enough
In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes
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At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. Her journey through survival, grief and redemption has made her one of the most loved and admired authors of our time.
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** 19th July 2021 - 7:00pm ET
Online
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** Adam Serwer In Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi
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** Harvard Book Store
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Harvard Book Store welcomes award-winning journalist and Atlantic staff writer Adam Serwer for a discussion of his highly anticipated book, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America, with celebrated writer, professor, and antiracist activist Ibram X. Kendi.
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** 12th August 2021 - 6:30pm BST
Online
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How To Talk to a Science Denier: From climate change to COVID
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** Lee McIntyre In Conversation with Robin Ince
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Science denial can kill. So how can we change people’s minds? At a time when science is under attack, this question has never mattered more.
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** 31st July 2021 - 7:30pm BST
Online
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** Letters Livestream
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** Roundhouse - The Last Word Festival
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Letters Live is a celebration of the enduring power of literary correspondence. Each show always features a completely different array of great performers, reading remarkable letters written over the centuries and from around the world. The result is a glorious event like no other and a truly unforgettable journey through time.
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** Long Read
The New Yorker
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The Hockey Sister
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** Sarah Miller
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New Yorker, Personal Essay. – “I wanted to feel more charitably toward him, but something in my mind and body wouldn’t let me. It seemed impossible to become myself without hating him.”
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** Podcasts
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Daniel Kahneman – Why We Make Bad Judgments
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** How To Academy Podcast
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Why are humans so bad at making good judgements? Join ground-breaking psychologist Daniel Kahneman, strategist Olivier Sibony, and Nudge co-author Cass Sunstein for a guide to a little-known but profoundly important phenomenon: noise.
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** Museums & Galleries
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Gerhard Richter | Patti Smith, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener
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** The Gagosian
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The Gagosian celebrates “Gerhard Richter: Cage Paintings” with a musical performance and reading by Patti Smith, new choreography created and performed by Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener in response to the artist’s work, and commentaries by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Richard Calvocoressi.
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