Tuesday, March 1st, 2016, 7 p.m.
Twice the winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Ted Rall is a political cartoonist, opinion columnist, graphic novelist and occasional war correspondent whose work has appeared in hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Village Voice, and Los Angeles Times. Tonight he presents Bernie, already a New York Times Bestseller, a biography of Senator Bernie Sanders told in graphic novel format. For this book Ted Rall interviewed Sanders, a man whose upbringing in a struggling working-class family in a hardscrabble section of Brooklyn during the 1950s taught him that poverty is a disease, one that affects us all. Incredibly, the lessons he learned back then are revolutionizing the political process this year, marking the resurgence of political progressivism on the left at the same time as the two-party system seems to be on the way out.
“Rall’s illustrated work, in the same format as his acclaimed Snowden, is an illuminating, clear-headed, straight-shooting argument on why American voters should support and elect Senator Bernie Sanders to president.” -- Publishers Weekly
“More than a campaign biography, this graphic narrative traces the decline and possible resurgence of liberalism within the Democratic Party.” -- Kirkus
"What sets this book apart is not that it's a cartoon, but that it's an argument for placing Bernie Sanders in a particular position in U.S. history, namely as the restoration of liberalism to a Democratic Party that hasn't seen it since the McGovern campaign.” -- David Swanson, davidswanson.org
Event date:
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 7:00pm
Event address:
45 South Main St
Concord, NH 03301
Gibson's Book Store
Thank you, Susan! Turnout was lower than we had hoped, for two reasons, I think: first, it was after the primary; and second, we were competing with Joan Baez across the street! But it was a good event and we're very happy to support Ted with his important books.
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You're welcome, Michael. The people I heard from had a great time - and were delighted to meet Ted Rall. Thank you for doing such great author events!
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