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Geraldine Brooks On the Art of Grieving and Spanning the Political Divide

Geraldine Brooks On the Art of Grieving and Spanning the Political Divide

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On May 27, 2019, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best-selling
author (and Kara’s friend) Tony Horwitz was on book tour for his
latest work, Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American
Divide, when he died suddenly. He left behind two sons and his
wife, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks, whose books
include March and Horse. Dealing with Tony’s death, taking
time to grieve his passing and remembering their life together are
at the center of Brooks’ latest memoir, Memorial Days. Brooks and
Kara reminisce about Tony’s life, reflect on the challenge of
grieving in a culture that is “averse to sad,” and ponder how Tony
would have continued his “barstool democracy” — an attempt to
span the political divide already shaking the nation — under Trump
2.0. They also discuss her latest project, a chapter in Who Is
Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service, edited by
acclaimed author Michael Lewis, which will be released on March
18th. This interview was recorded live at Sixth & I, a
center for arts, entertainment, ideas, and Jewish life in
Washington, D.C., and hosted in partnership with Politics and Prose
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